By examining ancient walrus DNA, an international research team led by Lund University in Sweden have retraced the walrus ...

For the first time in 3,500 years, scientists have revealed a likeness of the face of Amenhotep I, the Egyptian pharaoh who founded the Valley of the Kings.

By Simon Rodway/The ConversationIreland and Wales share more than just geographical proximity; they have deep cultural and ...

Ancient geoglyphs, etched onto the hillsides by indigenous groups from over 1,000 years ago, are under attack – by off-road ...

For over a century, the skeletal remains of sailors from Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated expedition to the Northwest Passage ...

By Corey J. A. Bradshaw et al./The ConversationImagine growing up beside the eastern Mediterranean Sea 14,000 years ago.

Researchers have successfully brought back to life a mysterious seed discovered in a cave in the Judean Desert during the ...

Archaeologists and conservators working at the Moche site of Pañamarca in the Nepeña Valley of north-coastal Peru have discovered a pillared throne room with imagery and evidence that it was used by a ...

Scanning the Pharaohs: CT Imaging of the New Royal Kingdom Mummies by Dr. Zahi Hawass was recognized as one of the 2016 ...

Over 3,000 years ago, in Tollense, a river valley that now lies in northern Germany, two large armies clashed in what is now ...

The world’s oldest preserved cheese…arranged like jewelry…in the form of a dairy necklace grave good? A new discovery ticks ...

Just imagine – the famed bronze-winged lion above one of the columns in Piazzetta San Marco, often seen as a universal symbol ...