The New Arab revisits the ancient cities of the Middle East, highlighting the destruction caused by war, looting, and neglect ...
In 1177BC, Amurapi, the last king of Ugarit in modern-day Syria, wrote in cuneiform on baked clay to the Hittite emperor ...
Nov. 19, 2024 — Leveraging a unique statistical analysis and applying it to ancient DNA extracted from human skeletal remains, a team of researchers has revealed new insights into how ancient ...
More than a century ago, the scientist Alfred Wegener proposed the notion of an ancient supercontinent, which he named Pangaea (sometimes spelled Pangea), after putting together several lines of ...
What and how one learned depended on one's place in society. In ancient times, much like today, education was highly valued. Subjects could range from reading and writing to philosophy and ethics.
Athens and Sparta in ancient times were two very different societies, yet the two legendary city-states continue to hold priceless historic value for Greece and the world in general. On the one hand, ...
Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient ...
DNA testing of 14 individuals buried in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii has shown their sex and ethnic background is different to what earlier archaeologists assumed. Nuclear and mitochondrial ...
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image provided by the Archeological Park of Pompeii shows cast number 25, made in 1929, from Villa dei ...
Archaeologists have long known that the Maya Lowlands, in the southernmost region of Mexico, harbors ancient urban settings (SN: 10/25/21). When archaeologist Luke Auld-Thomas, of Tulane ...