Modern HIV medicine is based on a common genetic mutation. Now, researchers have traced where and when the mutation arose—and ...

The Dordogne is a glorious landscape of winding rivers, centuries-old chateaux, prehistoric caves, and tricolor vineyards. Local specialities reared on these soils—a treasure trove of black ...

A team of European researchers has found a treasure trove of ancient shipwrecks ... AFP PHOTO/Black Sea MAP/EEF ExpeditionsEnhanced 3D imaging of the remains of the 2,400-year-old shipwreck ...

Surprisingly, the Sun popped out last Sunday, and as I haven't started my weekend tours yet, I thought a visit to a little ...

A set of rare and intricately carved figurines — including miniature heads of African figures fashioned from black wood and bone — have been discovered in 1,500-year-old Christian graves of women and ...

Archaeologists working in the Tangier Peninsula, in northwest Morocco, have discovered ancient cemeteries, rock art and ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare set of 1,500-year-old figurines buried in southern Israel’s Negev Desert, shedding light ...

In the middle of the 19 th century, the German explorer Heinrich Barth discovered prehistoric Saharan rock sculptures and engravings while traveling through the Sahara Desert in North Africa ... to be ...

founded in the early 19th century by freed African Americans. While not ancient in the sense of millennia-old civilizations, it is the oldest modern independent African state, gaining independence ...

Scientists have found new evidence for how our fossil human relatives in South Africa may have used their hands.

A group of students recently recreated a rice dish using an ancient recipe – and the results ... an ancient rice recipe from the 2,000-year-old manuscript. Researchers also selected a type ...

Footprints Reveal Prehistoric ... Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans ... Apr. 8, 2025 — Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old ...