Researchers led by Tohoku University’s Motoyuki Sato used GPR—along with a method known as electrical resistivity tomography ...

The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...

While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid (around 2,630 BC), one paper published in October claimed a layer of the Gunung Padang ...

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Why was there no Middle Ages in Mexico? It turns out the answer is a really simple one, as our expert historian explains.

An ancient Egyptian rock engraving may have been carved at the dawn of the first dynasty, up to 5,100 years ago, a new study suggests.The engraving depicts a boat that may have a royal figure seated ...

On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress called for 10 companies of expert riflemen to be organized and sent to Boston to assist the militia facing ...

In the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District, there exists a taco sanctuary so beloved that locals will fight through notorious Bay Area traffic just for a single bite. Taqueria El Buen Sabor ...

Archaeologists in Poland discovered 5,500-year-old tombs dubbed “Polish pyramids.” The oversized graves feature earthen ...

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The newly discovered storerooms inside the Old Kingdom Pyramid of Sahure in Abusir shed light on the distinguished architecture of this ancient Egyptian edifice.

Forty years after a tiny village paved the way for border-free European travel, a series of scenic bike paths whisk travellers through the area's vineyard-studded landscape.