Sites and artifacts are revealing clues to the continent’s recent history. An archaeologist explains the findings and threats to this heritage An anthropologist highlights the revolutionary role of ...

The intricate mysteries of ancient Egyptian mummification are being unraveled at Semmelweis University in Hungary, where researchers have employed a state-of-the-art photon-counting CT scanner to ...

The Oxyrhynchus Archaeological Mission, run by the Institute of Ancient Near East Studies (IPOA) at the University of ...

A remarkable hoard of gold jewelry dating back 3,500 years has been unearthed during archaeological excavations at the ancient site of Kolona on the Greek island of Aegina. This exceptional discovery, ...

The ancient city of Napata, located in what is now Sudan, was a major urban and cultural center of Kush, an ancient empire in Nubia. University of Michigan archaeologists and earth scientists examined ...

Perspectives on the Ancient Near Eastern canon : More than Mesopotamia's greatest hits / Amy Rebecca Gansell and Ann Shafer -- The southern Levant and the Ancient Near Eastern canon / Rachel Hallote - ...

GAZA (Reuters) - Nafez Abed's cramped workroom is filled with sculptures and mosaics with patterns from the Byzantine, Greek and Roman periods. It is an emporium of Middle Eastern antiquity tucked ...

Scientists say recent research has reinforced understanding of the region's past not as a human desert, but rather as a ...

GOBEKLI TEPE, Turkey — Tour guide Sabahattin Alkan herds curious tourists through the scorching afternoon heat, luring them with the promise of something far stranger than your typical vacation snap. ...

If you grew up in Sarasota like me, you likely spent school field trips visiting Historic Spanish Point, a botanical garden ...