While hopping between two of Spain's most famous coastal cities, stop in an under-the-radar beach town to explore ancient architecture and hidden coves.

Long before the European world emerged from its dark forests and Asian nations consolidated their great dynasties, the Nile ...

The article explores several lesser-known ancient civilizations, including the Indus Valley, Hittite Empire, Kingdom of Aksum, Mitanni, Sogdians, and Muisca Confederation. These societies, despite ...

Egypt’s past was never lost, but the power to interpret it was slowly displaced, archived elsewhere, and returned as ...

A handprint dating back 4,000 years has been found on a "soul house," a type of ancient Egyptian tomb offering, which will go ...

Researchers at the Fitzwilliam Museum in the U.K. have uncovered a rare handprint left on ancient Egyptian pottery.

The rock art panel shows a boat dragged by five figures ... Dorian Vanhulle (2025); Antiquity Publications Ltd. An ancient ...

An ancient handprint on an Egyptian burial model has been uncovered at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, ahead of its exhibition.

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample offers new insights into the potential ancestry of those who belonged to the enduring civilization.

DNA shows ancient Egyptians had surprising foreign roots Fred Schwaller 07/02/2025 Scientists have sequenced the oldest known DNA from ancient Egypt. It belonged to a potter who lived 4,500 years ago.

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA sequencing reveals how these two populations also intermingled.