If you think about the oldest lock and key without having seen any pictures of it, you might think it’s a very simple system. But you would be wrong as this system is actually very advanced and ...

A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has recovered ancient DNA from 214 known human pathogens in prehistoric humans from ...

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

The Maryland Lottery is inviting local artists to showcase their talent — and their love for the state — in a newly announced initiative that will bring origina ...

The Kingdom of Bashan, with its strategic geography and rich natural resources, formed a central pillar in the construction of ancient Jordanian identity—and indeed, the identity of the greater Arab ...

Archaeology Special 6,000-year-old burial of two sisters, a baby and a dog discovered in a mine in the Czech Republic Scientists have lifted the lid on the discovery of two female skeletons inside ...

Domesticated around 4000 BCE on the steppes of Central Asia, horses allowed for faster travel and communication, and their use in chariots and cavalry reshaped military tactics. Horses facilitated the ...

Panini’s Ashtadhyayi (~5th century BCE or earlier), a grammatical treatise with ~4,000 sutras, implies a need for written codification due to its complexity.

In Northeast Louisiana, fisher-hunter-gatherers from the Evans culture built Watson Brake, a large earthwork containing 11 mounds connected by ridges, between 6000 BCE and 2000 BCE. This site ...