A pair of landmark studies, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, has finally identified the originators of the ...

The Sumela Monastery. Credit: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen / Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 Pontian Greeks may have been forced out of their homeland one hundred years ago, but their language, Pontic Greek, ...

Scythian burial included remains of body sheathed in gold Classical-era Scythians dominated the Pontic steppe from approximately the 7th century BC until the 3rd century BC. These people also referred ...

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The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. BRUSSELS — Most of my last week has consisted of enjoying some Spanish tapas and Belgian waffles ...

Among the unearthed findings is a tin-bronze knife, one of the oldest bronze artifacts discovered in China as well as one of the oldest tin-bronze artifacts found on the Eurasian steppe ...

Credit: Iryna Shramko The North Pontic region’s genetic diversity over 3,500 years reflects continuous migration and mixing, blending European, Steppe, and East Asian ancestries. The North Pontic ...

Homo erectus, an early member of the genus Homo, successfully navigated harsher and more arid terrains for longer in Eastern Africa than previously thought, according to new research. Debate has long ...

The North Pontic region, which encompasses present-day Ukraine, was for centuries a crossroads of migration from multiple directions, connecting the vast Eurasian Steppe with Central Europe. A study ...

At the end of the Bronze Age and beginning of the Early Iron Age, the most archaeologically conspicuous activities of the North Pontic steppes were associated with Cimmerians and their military ...