Mesopotamian scribes wrote about feeling anger in their feet and love in their liver. Learn about the similarities and ...

Are hieroglyphs really as indecipherable as they look? Here is a primer on how to start interpreting these ancient motifs.

A group of scientists has sequenced the genome of a man who was buried in Egypt around 4,500 years ago. The study offers rare ...

Damo is a relatively unknown figure of the ancient Greek world, who played a fundamental role when her father, Pythagoras, ...

For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian - the world's first recorded pandemic - in the Eastern Mediterranean, where the ...

Scientists have confirmed that Yersinia pestis, the bacterium behind later plagues like the Black Death, caused the Justinian ...

What happened to the enigmatic Therapeutae, and what was their place in ancient history? The Therapeutae were primarily located near Lake Mareotis, close to Alexandria in Egypt. This city was a ...

Explore AlUla, where Nabataean tombs meet stargazing, incense trails and mirrored concert halls in Saudi Arabia’s most ...

The Bolton Museum recently unveiled what experts call the world's best-preserved ancient Egyptian sun hat. It's believed to ...

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In a gripping episode of Ninjas Are Butterflies, L.A. Marzulli dives deep into the mysteries of ancient giants, biblical ...

Scientists have uncovered microbial DNA preserved in mammoth remains dating back more than one million years, revealing the oldest host-associated microbial DNA ever recovered. By sequencing nearly ...