A groundbreaking study led by Bar-Ilan University reveals that starch-rich plants played a central role in the diet of ancient hunter-gatherers. A new archaeological study along the Jordan River, just ...

New discoveries shed light on an ancient human species and its evolutionary links to modern humans. Stephen Chester, ...

Researchers formally describe Helmetia expansa, offering new insights into its anatomy, behavior and evolutionary relationships.

Historians were surprised when analyses revealed Catholic monks used pinniped hides for the protective outer layer on some ...

An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books ...

A newly discovered settlement in the north-western Nile delta was built by the Egyptian New Kingdom perhaps 3500 years ago ...

Because of this, most archeologists long believed Mediterranean islands like Malta were some of the last wildernesses to ...

The long-lost burial site was discovered nearly 23 feet underground at the Mount Anubis necropolis in Abydos, in central ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered a huge tomb belonging to one of ancient Egypt’s earliest pharaohs. But with no mummy left ...

Mono County, in the Mammoth Lakes area, reported three deaths related to hantavirus. Here’s what Los Angeles County residents should know about the virus.

Thanks to modern technology, like X-rays and CT scans, we now know a little bit more about the Bashiri Mummy. Read More: This 2,300-Year-Old Mummy Has a Heart (and Tongue) of Gold Before the advent of ...

In a featured article published in Frontiers in Science, Prof Bob Hancock (University of British Columbia, Vancouver) with researchers from leading Canadian institutions describe how a bioinformatic ...