Buried in the desert for roughly 4,500 years, the skeleton of a single Egyptian man has yielded a complete genome that redraws the map of the ancient world. His DNA captures a moment when people from ...

According to local outlets Agerpres and CanCan, Khalifa, 38, was sentenced by the Constanța Court of Appeal on Thursday, Dec. 18, for "committing the crime of possession of high-risk drugs, without ...

The team will deploy muography - a non-invasive imaging technique that harnesses cosmic rays - to search for hidden chambers within El Castillo pyramid at Chichén Itzá, Mexico. The groundbreaking ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a hidden ancient palace under Rome that was likely home to the Popes between the ninth and thirteenth centuries AD before the Vatican seat was established. In preparation ...

Ancient hunter-gatherer genes may hold the secret to living past 100, according to a new study of Italian centenarians and their DNA.

Explorers in China have uncovered a giant sinkhole in Guangxi province, revealing an ancient world hidden beneath the earth's ...

MEXICO CITY – Amid the constant blare of car horns in southern Mexico City, it’s hard to imagine that Cuicuilco was once the heart of a thriving ancient civilization. Yet atop its circular pyramid, ...

Tourists raise their arms at the Great Basement in the Cuicuilco Archaeological Zone during a tour organized by the National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico City on Oct. 5. The ...

The lives and craft of ancient Egyptian artisans are the subject of a new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum. Sketch showing a stonemason at work, holding a chisel ...

MEXICO CITY — Amid the constant blare of car horns in southern Mexico City, it’s hard to imagine that Cuicuilco was once the heart of a thriving ancient civilization. Yet atop its circular pyramid, ...