This photo provided by researchers shows rock-cut tombs in Nuwayrat, Egypt where a pottery vessel in which the remains of a ...

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

WASHINGTON — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia , according to ...

320 pages : 26 cm "This book illuminates the lives of some 1,300 kings, queens, princes and princesses of ancient Egypt, unravelling family relationships and exploring the parts they played in ...

Researchers surveyed the DNA of more than 200 cats spanning the last 9,000 years, including ancient Romanian cat remains, Egyptian cat mummies, and modern African wildcat specimens.

Volunteers were baffled recently when they unearthed not one but two ancient shoes at a historic British site. The discoveries were made at Magna, an Ancient Roman fort in Northumberland, in late May.

Favorite Studies in ancient technology by Forbes, R. J. (Robert James), 1900-1973 Publication date 1993 Topics Technology -- History, Technology, Technique -- Histoire Publisher Leiden ; New York : ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Work and wages in ancient Greece are often overlooked topics. Credit: Dosseman / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons Ancient Greece is the subject of immense scholarly and popular attention.

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.This adaptability is a skill that long predates the modern age. According to a ...