Long drought cycles reshaped settlement choices in the Indus region. These climate stresses likely contributed to its slow ...

In ancient Egypt, baldness symbolized purity, not aging. Priests shaved their heads for ritual cleanliness, while nobles and ...

God save the King. In these times of self-righteous republican rumblings today’s column should be of special interest to my ...

A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the domestic cat, which has the scientific name Felis catus, originated in North ...

Wisconsin Historical Society experts identified 16 dugout canoes in Lake Mendota, including the oldest recorded canoe from ...

Egypt has recovered 17 ancient artifacts from Australia that had been smuggled out of the country, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

A secret doorway inside an ancient Egyptian pyramid is believed to have been discovered by a scientist, over 4,500 years on from when it was originally built. The Pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of ...

Sailing to north Africa provided a rare chance to step off the yacht and into the world of the felucca, Robert Weatherburn ...