Ancient DNA from 348 individuals suggests that pale skin became the predominant characteristic of people living in Europe ...

In the Arizona desert, researchers are learning so much more about the peoples who have inhabited this land since antiquity ...

Rashid's must-read, millennia-spanning history, cleverly wrought from tablets written in the world's oldest script ...

Syrians are once again picnicking and smoking shisha amid the ruins of ancient Palmyra, once desecrated by jihadists but ...

The papyrus details the prosecution of two main defendants: Gadalias, a notary’s son and something of an ancient Roman “bad ...

According to a statement released by the University of New Mexico, researchers led by Pere Gelabert and Victoria Oberreiter ...

A Swedish woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for committing genocide and war crimes against the Yazidi people after she joined jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in Syria. Lina Ishaq, 52, ...

A court in Stockholm on Tuesday convicted a Swedish woman of genocide, crimes against humanity and gross war crimes committed in Syria in 2015 against women and children of the Yazidi religious ...

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...

Donald Trump's proposal to "take over" Gaza and relocate its population has raised concerns about potential regional ...