A remarkable archaeological discovery on the Croatian island of Korčula is reshaping our understanding of prehistoric life in ...

Mars is thought to currently have all the necessary ingredients for life except for perhaps the most important one — liquid ...

Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the ...

More than 4,500 years ago, at the dawn of Egypt’s pyramid age, a man was laid to rest in a ceramic pot. He was then sealed ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

A temple bigger than a city block was hiding in plain sight for over 1,000 years.

Propaganda was perhaps less subtle three millennia ago: it’s doubtful a modern singer would describe their nation’s laws as ...

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at connections with Mesopotamia ...

Across history, ancient civilizations crafted prototypes for many of the modern mechanisms that have become integral to ...

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

Bearing the inscription “Seal of the King of the Dian Kingdom”, the artifact stands as compelling evidence of the ancient Dian Kingdom’s existence, a regional state that thrived more than 2,000 years ...