A contract written on a stone tablet some 2,200 years ago contains several features that would be familiar to those who read the fine print on paper ones today. An ancient contract shows how ...

Jungle explorers contract rare flesh-eating disease among ruins of ancient lost 'City of the Monkey God' Ciudad Blanca abandoned by residents in 16th century when they thought it was cursed ...

Contracts in ancient Turkey came with clearly spelled out punishments if broken, so one would know what they’re getting themselves into. Archaeologists recently found a seal promising a severe ...

New Light Shed Upon Ancient Bookkeeping; Clay Tablets, Used for Contracts, Discovered In Assyria -- Relics of Centuries Ago Dug Up in Asian Explorations.

When leaders abandon the social contract and betray their society's ideals, new research suggests formerly successful societies, such as the Roman Empire, can collapse in dramatic fashion.

We compiled a list of the most interesting finds from the ancient world that changed the way. Some people think that learning history might be useless. "It already happened, ...

Social contract theory is an ancient philosophical idea that states that an individual's ethical and political obligations relate to an agreement he has with every other individual within a ...