The complete genome of an ancient Egyptian has been sequenced, revealing genetic links between the Nile and Mesopotamia 5,000 ...

A 5500-year-old genome recovered from human skeletal remains in Colombia may give insights into the early evolution of ...

Treponema pallidum, a microorganism that can cause a deadly sexually transmitted disease in humans, may have a far more ancient lineage than scientists once thought ...

Tiresias, the blind Ancient Greek prophet, could foresee the future for Apollo, and was transformed by Hera and lived as a woman for seven years ...

In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...