Sharjah: Step into Sharjah 's newly inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site and you are not just walking through desert wadis ...

A new radiocarbon study of museum artefacts linked to King Ahmose suggests Egypt’s New Kingdom began later than long believed ...

Long before Cleopatra and Hatshepsut, Ankhnespepy II amassed unprecedented political and religious power. Here's how.

How did an ancient pendant made of cast lead, decorated on both sides with a seven-branched menorah, come to Jerusalem at a ...

The discovery of the Snake Goddess made researchers focus on the mysterious religion of Minoan Crete and its connection of ...

The social status and evolving rights of children in ancient Rome, from the absolute power of a father to early legal protections and reforms.

When an ancient ship was unearthed in Scandinavia over 100 years ago, archaeologists started to uncover bits and pieces of ...

LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — Egypt on Sunday revealed the revamp of two colossal statues of a prominent pharaoh in the southern city ...

Researchers have dated vertebrae from a massive prehistoric shark thought to have ruled the waves off northern Australia back ...

The concrete of ancient Rome was notoriously strong. Many of the buildings, bridges, and aqueducts built by the Romans still ...

7,000-year-old DNA from Sahara skeletons reveals a mysterious lineage with no connection to any modern populations.

Because these objects are anchored to specific historical contexts, their ages provide a reliable snapshot of the period. The ...