Hidden in the shadows of the Middle East’s rugged terrain prowls one of nature’s most extraordinary athletes. The caracal, ...

In the wake of the recent conflict between Israel and Iran, the question of military strength in the Middle East has been at ...

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

An expert believes that he has rediscovered the lost Byzantine settlement of Tharais in southern Jordan. Archaeologist ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a lost city in Peru that thrived 3,500 years ago, likely as a potential contemporary of early human societies such as the ancient Egyptian and Sumerian civilisations of ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

St John’s Jerusalem is approached by a long driveway winding through a former deer park, currently used to keep horses. Its ...

Stepping up to the table, the tourist squinted to make out what lay underneath the dusty glass top. “ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GAME, ...

The individual lived 4,500 years ago, and his genome is offering new insights into ancient Egyptians and the lives they led.

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

From the pyramids of Egypt to the jungle-choked ruins of Angkor Wat, from the magical desert capital of the Nabateans in ...