The Punic people had almost no genetic ties to Phoenicians, even though the latter founded the great city of Carthage.

Cyprus has also been valued for its natural resources, particularly its rich copper deposits, which were highly prized in the ancient world and contributed ... maintained strong trade links with the ...

The Phoenicians were a Semitic people who originated in the Levant ... to ancient Britain. Their mastery of navigation allowed them to travel to distant ports and create an extensive trade network ...

The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

Cuneiform tablets from ancient Babylon cover a range of topics, from exorcising ghosts to uncovering the location of Noah’s ...

Ancient protein fragments within the jaw’s teeth revealed the bone, known as Penghu 1, belonged to a Denisovan man who likely lived on a submerged land bridge that once connected what’s now ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

(David Simpson, African Parks Photo) New maps released this week document the world’s largest land mammal migration, revealing the seasonal journeys of more than 5 million white-eared kob and tiang ...

As the department fleshes out a four-year strategic plan to use natural resources across 19.9 million acres of national parks and Bureau of Land Management property in Wyoming, Budd-Falen will be ...

A quest for prestige coupled with the desire to celebrate one’s favorite saint fueled the construction of hundreds of churches in the land of Israel ... rules across the ancient world, affluent ...