Samaria or Sebaste - capital in ancient & Herodian times (same place, name changed) JUDEA - at times a separate province; at other times a sub-province of the Roman Province of SYRIA Jerusalem ...

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ...

For the first time, scientists have completed an in-depth analysis of fossilized soft tissues from a plesiosaur ...

A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and ...

The ancient Chinese author of “The Art of War,” Sun Tzu, wrote, “In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.” I have also heard many times that the Chinese term for crisis includes ...

Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially ...

For decades, the leading theory for the ubiquity of Indo–European languages was that early farmers, living in a region known ...

The event showcased treasures that were unearthed in the emirate's ancient trade centres, including Mleiha and Dibba Al Hisn. Among these items were Roman glass flasks, a bronze statue of Venus ...

The games in questions could be either Ludus Latrunculi or Doudecim Scripta, both of which were known board games played with bone pieces by Roman soldiers in the fifth century. Celikbas said both are ...

Long before Rome, before China's Iron Age, Tamil Nadu was already forging some of the world's finest swords. New ...