T here are few maps in the world as detailed or as old as the Madaba Mosaic Map. Created in the 6th century, it shows dozens ...

Over 500 ancient stone monuments dot the rolling hills of southwestern Spain. La Torre-La Janera stretches across 220 acres ...

Earth Science Ancient Rocks in Canada Are Almost as Old as the Earth Itself Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

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

Teeth from an elderly man who lived around the time that the earliest pyramids were built have yielded the first full human genome sequence from ancient Egypt. “It’s incredibly exciting and ...

This ancient Egyptian left behind 4,500-year-old DNA. Researchers recreated his face. Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found ...

The 2,000-Year-Old ‘Perfume Garden’ in the Ancient City of Pompeii Has Been Restored to Its Former Glory The small garden now features thousands of roses, violets, cherry trees and vines ...

The ancient city of Peñico, four and a half hours from Peru's capital city, Lima, is open to tourists.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived long ago. Proteins, a cell's molecular machinery ...

Science Archaeology Ancient canoe replica recreates a 30,000-year-old voyage East Asian Paleolithic voyagers may have used dugout canoes to cross one of the strongest currents in the world. Laura ...

Remote cave discovery shows ancient voyagers brought rice across 2,300 km of Pacific Ocean by Hsiao-chun Hung, The Conversation edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors' notes ...

By Olivia Kemp, CNN (CNN) — An ancient Peruvian city that was a thriving hub of trade more than 3,000 years ago has been unveiled by archaeologists.