Ancient Indian texts include long lists of kings—some reigning for hundreds or even thousands of years. But how accurate are these records? In this Myths Highlights episode, we examine the king lists ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

In the third century BCE, Ashoka ruled an empire encompassing much of modern-day India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh. During his reign, Buddhism proliferated across the South Asian ...

VARANASI, India -- -- VARANASI, India -- Deep in a labyrinth of stucco buildings, in a dark, cavelike warehouse, Mohamed Javen, 18, switched on a light bulb, sat before his rickety loom and began ...

Chocolate has been around for over 2,000 years. Early etymological evidence of chocolate consumption stretches back three or even four millennia to pre-Columbian cultures in Mesoamerica.Ancient Indian ...

Ancient silver coins that bear a rising sun and an ancient Indian religious symbol and that were found on opposite ends of southeast Asia suggest that there were extensive undocumented trade routes ...

A Neanderthal skull on display at the Natural History Museum, London. Many modern humans have inherited around 1 to 2 percent of their DNA from Neanderthals and their close relatives, Denisovans. In ...