The sequencing of a genome extracted from the remains of an individual from ancient Egypt has revealed that 77.6% of their ...

A trail leading from near St. Louis, Missouri to Natchitoches, Louisiana, teaches us about a race that ruled “the new world” ...

Part of a road in Cyprus collapsed, revealing a long-forgotten tomb from about 2,000 years ago, officials said. Photos show ...

As you drive around in Mario Kart World's Free Roam mode, you'll notice blue P-Switches scattered throughout the various regions. Drive over one and ...

The researchers first thought that early humans might have used rafts, but earlier experiments proved rafts were too slow and ...

Several sites along the Natchitoches Trace have been labeled as a persistent place, which is to say a place that has been ...

The Madaba Mosaic Map is perhaps the most famous geographical masterpiece of the ancient Near East. Believed to have been built during Emperor Justinian’s reign (527-565 A.D.), the tile art piece is ...

Starting in 2021, a research team led by Musallam R. al-Rawahneh—an associate professor of archeology and ancient Near East studies at Mutah University—began looking for Tharais. The field project ...

The ancient city of Tharais, once marked on the Madaba Map, has been found near El-‘Iraq, Jordan. Credit: onthego tours / CC BY-NC 2.0 An ancient city from the Byzantine era, once thought lost to time ...

Book Review: Greek Military Service in the Ancient Near East, 401-330 BCE Archives by Jeffrey Rop Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Pp. xviii, 268. Maps, tables., diagr., chron., ...

The excavations are conducted as part of the Heidelberg Nineveh project begun in 2018 under the direction of Prof. Dr. Stefan Maul of the Department of Languages and Cultures of the Near East at ...