Ancient geoglyphs and archaeological sites are being plowed over by Brazil farmers growing soy, corn and sugar crops in the Amazon Basin.

A 3,400-year-old Minoan tomb was uncovered in an unnamed farmer's olive grove near the city of Ierapetra on the Greek island of Crete. According to Cretapost, the farmer was attempting to park his car ...

A Palestinian farmer recently stumbled upon a 1,500-year-old mosaic dating to the Byzantine era beneath his olive orchard in ...

The Aetolians were an ancient Greek tribe of hardened hillmen that managed to defeat the mighty army of Alexander the Great.

Morgan Ruelle was living in the remote mountains of Ethiopia in 2011, researching his dissertation on food diversity, when he kept hearing about a crop that confused him.

For ancient Greek physicians, silphion was a cure-all, prized for everything from stomach pain to wart removal.

Unearthing Everyday Life at an Ancient Site in Greece Excavations in the Peloponnesian village of Iklaina are yielding rich insights into the lives of the Mycenaean civilization’s general ...

How did ancient Greece begin? People have been living in Greece for over 40,000 years. The earliest settlers lived a simple hunter-gatherer or farming lifestyle. This is similar to Prehistoric ...

Receding water levels at a Turkish dam have revealed relics from the ancient Greek city of Scepsis that date back thousands of years.

Farming Was Extensive in Ancient North America, Study Finds A millenniums-old settlement in Michigan has archaeologists rethinking the rise of agriculture on the continent.