Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, they created a culture that influenced both civilizations.

About 19,000 years ago, a woman from a group of hunter-gatherers died and was buried in a cave in northern Spain. In 1996, ...

The discovery of an 11,000-year-old village in Saskatchewan could rewrite Indigenous history in central Canada.

Researchers made the new discoveries during field work at the Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan. The research provides insights into regional heritage and fills gaps in knowledge about how ancient ...

New research suggests that the first Indo-European speakers lived in southern Russia 6,500 years ago, challenging ...

The domestication of maize is one of the greatest examples of humankind's impact on evolution. Early farmers' pre-industrial plant breeding choices turned corn from a nearly inedible crop into the ...

The discovery of ancient artifacts in surprising places ... basing his observations on official photographs of the statue. “People prayed to divinities and made dedications to them in thanks ...

Young people donning traditional Vietnamese costumes in ancient styles during a parade of the ‘Tet Viet - Tet Pho 2025’ program in Hanoi, January 19, 2025. Photo: Nguyen Hien / Tuoi Tre More than 400 ...

Elon Musk invited a delegation of Indian business leaders at SpaceX's Starbase facility in Texas on Friday. Among the top business figures, OYO founder Ritesh Agarwal was also a part of the ...

While estimates vary widely among scholars, a common range for the peak population of ancient Greece as defined above is between 7.5 to 10 million people. This estimate means that ancient Greece was ...

These people appear to have carved out and refilled several ditches over about a century. Around 2900 B.C., they scattered sun stones across the land like seeds in a field, sealed the ditches and ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent The Derveni Papyrus, named for the ...