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Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green ...

Archaeologists found the remains of at least 129 people, many of them bearing the injuries of battle, dating to when Rome ...

Stone tools unearthed in China's Yunnan province suggest Neanderthals or another ancient human species adapted to harsh ...

Researchers previously assumed that some of the graves at the site were royal burials. A new study presents a different ...

Ancient humans living in what is now Ukraine 400,000 years ago may have practised or taught tool-making techniques using ...

"[The] triumphal arc, which was built in the 3rd century in memory of the Roman Empire's victory against the Persians, looks ...

Researchers in Turkey just uncovered what they say is the "oldest bread in the world." Discovered in the Neolithic site of ...

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The Greeks of Cappadocia, in central-eastern Anatolia, created their own flourishing culture in ancient times that thrived ...

The northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) is an extravagant waterbird adapted to forage in dry, open habitats, and is ...