In a Nutshell The first complete ancient Egyptian genome shows this 4,800-year-old individual had mostly North African ...

Archaeologists in Peru have unveiled a 3,500-year-old city that served as a trading hub connecting cultures of the Pacific ...

Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a remarkably well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in ...

The near-decade-long investigation uncovered 18 structures, including the remnants of temples and residential complexes, ...

The five-part series examines how we, as Homo sapiens, went from being just one of many types of human to becoming the ...

The Paris-based International Council of Museums had issued an emphatic warning after the first bomb strikes: There was a ...

It's widely considered one of the cradles of civilisation. But a new study has revealed that people living in ancient Egypt ...

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...

In fact, this is an old problem. Countries have enlisted God or gods on their side in conflicts since ancient times. One egregious example was the First World War, when politicians and clergy on both ...

One of Jordan's best-known archaeological sites, only an hour's drive from Amman, the old Greco-Roman city is not to be ...

A fairytale-like castle, a sunken port city in the Caribbean, and mysterious cave paintings: Which of these places will be ...

The recent Israel-Iran conflict saw both countries trading missiles and rockets that not only killed and injured civilians ...