Greek Mythology's King Agamemnon is one of central characters in the legend of the Trojan War. Was he a real person though?

While the pyramids of Egypt are probably the Middle East’s most spectacular tombs, the Arabian Peninsula has a wealth of monumental burial structures. New research has highlighted how north-west ...

Were the Hittites of the Bible the same as those of the Hittite Empire? While this is a common assumption, what do the facts ...

A team of archaeologists may have discovered evidence of the biblical Battle of Megiddo, where Josiah, the king of Judah, was killed by Egyptian forces in 609 B.C.

In a discovery reshaping the understanding of prehistoric cultures in Eurasia, archaeologists found an 8,400-year-old stone ...

The discovery of a Bronze Age settlement at Kach Kouch, Morocco, redefines the Maghreb’s history, proving early habitation, agriculture, and cultural exchanges before the Phoenicians. Most Bronze Age ...

WASHINGTON STATE — Ralph Munro, Washington state's longest-serving secretary of state, passed away at age 81 early Thursday morning. Steve Hobbs, Washington's current secretary of state, issued ...

Using genomic data from ancient and modern samples, this important study investigates the genomic history of cattle in Iberia, focusing on the admixture between domestic cattle and their wild ...

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More information: Adrià Moreno Gil et al, Bronze Age Frontiers and Pottery Circulation: Political and Economic Relations at the Northern Fringes of El Argar, Southeast Iberia, ca. 2200–1550 BCE ...

Since the early Neolithic (∼10,000 years ago), the Iranian Plateau has witnessed the development of sedentary human settlement facilitated by periods of favorable climatic conditions prompting gradual ...