Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

A new study uncovers how early humans in Greece used stone tools for butchery, offering rare insight into life 430,000 years ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

The tale of Salmoneus, the king who dared to imitate Zeus, reveals ancient fears of hubris, madness, and divine punishment.

Researchers said their findings suggest husbands relocated to the wife's household upon marriage – suggesting a female ...

A new study suggests that a 9,000-year-old society in Catalhoyuk, a proto-city in southern Anatolia, may have established a ...

Excavations in the Nile Delta have revealed multi-story tower houses, a granary, a ceremonial building, and eye-catching ...

Archaeology is revealing that the real Amazons were horse-riding, spear-throwing, pants-wearing fearsome female fighters from ancient Scythia.

Read latest scientific findings on ancient DNA, including research on DNA preserved from early life forms and early humans.

For decades, archaeologists puzzled over the nature of this 32.5-acre city, especially after the 1960s excavations led by ...

Apollodotus II is known for issuing bilingual coins with Greek and Kharosthi (script) inscriptions called drachmas, which had ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has worked in the fields of neuroscience ...