For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the ...

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

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

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 ...

An international research team has published a new study on one of the oldest known sites for the processing of animal meat by humans in the southern Balkans. At Marathousa 1, an archaeological site ...

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

A new exhibition in London (open until February 2026) called Thirst: In search of freshwater highlights how civilizations ...

When a massive tree toppled in the floodplains of Fonte Boa, a region in the Brazilian Amazon, local fishermen noticed ...

The European Union’s commissioner for migration says Europe will take a firmer stance with Libyan authorities following a ...

Further evidence has emerged that 8,000 years ago, women had at least as much status in society as men, at least in one of ...

These megalithic marvels are known as Dragon Houses and there are 23 of them on the island, mostly in the regions of Mount Oche and Styra in Euboea.