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Their genetic makeup was shockingly different to what scientists usually expect to find among ancient humans travelling around Africa. Between 5,000 and 14,500 years ago, the desert area was lush ...

Mexico might be renowned as a beach lover’s ideal destination, yet the allure for history lovers is even greater. With a ...

Bob Chiarito/For the Sun-Times Share The decision to hold a ... which commemorates the liberation of ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt. For Manasseh — who is also the founder of Mothers ...

Apollo in the temple of Zeus. Credit: wikimedia commons / Egisto Sani cc by 2.0 One of the fundamental beliefs of the Ancient Greeks was that their beloved gods were immortal, but were they? What ...

The Guatemalan government announced the discovery of an ancient Teotihuacan altar in Tikal ... closely resembling depictions of the Storm God in central Mexico. "The altar is believed to have ...

Remains of other children were also found on three sides of the altar. Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, ...

Famous for its iconic pyramid and temples, the ancient Maya city of Tikal is no ... the Tikal altar suggests it relates to the ‘Storm God’”, who was associated with rain, fertility, and ...

“The Maya regularly buried buildings and rebuilt on top of them,” said co-author Andrew Scherer, a professor of anthropology, archaeology, and the ancient world at Brown ... “Everyone knows what ...

In a historic revival of Hellenic worship, a newly built temple dedicated to the ancient Greek gods Zeus and Pan has been unveiled in Arcadia. This marks the first such construction in nearly 1,700 ...