In a region known for hosting some of the earliest evidence of modern humans, DNA analysis was sparse. Until now.

Builders knew how to keep people cool in hot, dry climates thousands of years ago. It's time to get that knowledge back.

If there’s one bit of Ancient Roman history most people know, it’s that the rich and powerful loved watching slaves and ...

They drilled more than 1,000 feet into the ice and extracted a sample core that spans 41,000 years of history ... have now identified more than 1,700 ancient viruses, though they note that ...

From Nefertiti to Helen of Troy, history is filled with legendary women ... so let’s meet the Four Beauties of ancient China.

The study of celestial objects ran throughout ancient Egyptian culture. Religious events were fixed by the movements of the sun and moon, star charts were carved into the lids of tombs ...

The Egyptians were among the most adept astronomers in ancient history, and their legacy echoes to this day. It was in ancient Egypt that the 365-day calendar was born, and the 24-hour day. They ...

Although the paint, exposed over centuries to wind and rain, has long since faded away. Founded over 2,000 years ago along the ancient Arabian trade routes, Petra was at one time home to a community ...

The revised Cambridge Ancient History is a brilliant achievement for undergraduate, scholar and informed layman alike; up-to-date, authoritative, readable but never complacent. In an age of ...

Looting happened consistently throughout the history of ancient Egypt, but it was most prevalent during the First and Second Intermediate Periods, which followed the Old and Middle Kingdoms ...

Raign, Kathryn R. 2019. Finding Our Missing Pieces—Women Technical Writers in Ancient Mesopotamia. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Vol. 49, Issue. 3 ...