The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 years ago. It marked a major shift in human history as societies ...

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At a rock art site located on the western bank of the Nile River, an ancient Egyptian petroglyph depicting a […] ...

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Ancient DNA reveals that Stone Age Europeans voyaged by sea to Africa, providing the earliest proof of prehistoric ...

For hundreds of years experts have been trying to find answers as to how the great Minoan civilization of Crete came to an ...

A week aboard a yacht, with the help of a local skipper, makes for the ultimate sailing adventure around Greece’s Ionian ...

Rising along the line where eastern and western Europe divide, a forested mountain range is home to shepherds, villages and ...

A local sanctuary for rescued tortoises is racing to rebuild after strong winds destroyed their hoop house, leaving the ...

Using ancient genomes, researchers have mapped the ... even while farming imported sheep, goats and cattle. Agriculture didn’t take off in the region until much later. Maybe, says Reich, the ...