The 1st-century luxury vessel matches the description given by the Greek historian Strabo, who visited the city of Alexandria ...

Long before modern billionaires threw lavish parties at sea on their superyachts, the wealthy elite of ancient Egypt ...

Learn more about the Pyramids of Giza, who they were built for, and the possible methods used to complete them.

A new radiocarbon study has clarified the timing of the colossal Thera eruption, placing it before Egypt’s New Kingdom.

A genome study contradicts long-held conceptions by determining when domestic felines were introduced into Europe from North Africa.

A study says the Ain Samiya goblet, found in 1970, depicts a moment of cosmic creation, challenging previous scholarly interpretations. It's the oldest-known cup of its kind.

Here’s a breakdown of the origin of the Christmas Tree and which culture is credited with the Christmas tree traditions we ...

The twelve apostles, the chosen followers of Jesus Christ, went throughout the ancient world preaching, spreading ...

The fossil and genetic evidence agree that modern humans originated in Africa. The most genetically diverse human populations ...

Domestic cats first joined European communities around 2,000 years ago, during the age of Roman power, not in deep prehistory ...

Sindh is derived from the word Sindhu, strictly a word for river in Sanskrit but also used interchangeably for the Indus ...

The team analyzed DNA from 225 ancient cat specimens collected across Europe, North Africa, and Anatolia. These were were bones and teeth spanning more than 10,000 years of human history. From these ...