An international team of researchers claims that a boat-shaped mound 18 miles (30km) south of Mount Ararat in Turkey is ...

An international team of researchers claims that a boat-shaped mound 18 miles (30km) south of Mount Ararat in Turkey is ...

The cubit, an ancient unit of measurement based on the length from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, symbolises Palestinians' unwavering commitment to protecting their land at any cost. "Our ...

The Greek municipality of Tenea boasts a rich ancient history—and the archaeological artifacts to prove it. Finds in the region have long hinted at a once-thriving settlement, with the latest ...

Much of the ancient wonders that have so far been unearthed have necessarily remained in storage or languished in outdated museums, that is until Egypt announced plans for a colossal, encyclopedic ...

As an Africanist archaeologist, I specialise in the study of ancient societies across Mediterranean Africa and the Sahara. My focus is on how humans adapted to their environments and the rise of ...

For centuries, historians and linguists have been searching for the cradle of the Indo-Europeans, an ancient people who shaped history and created the world’s largest language family ...

From the rover's point of view on the ground, it's hard to tell, but this ancient shoreline on Mars seemed to lie inside a 2,050-mile-wide (3,300-kilometer-wide) impact crater called Utopia Basin.

Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered because it carries features from both humans and Neanderthals. The child's remains were ...

DELOS, GREECE—Many museums around the world are filled with marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome. Some viewers recognize that these works of art were not originally displayed in their ...

ASHBOURNE, England (AP) — This ancient form of soccer has a rule forbidding players from murdering each other. Every year, thousands of people descend on a small town in the English countryside ...