Reshaping The Region's History. A remarkable discovery was made in the swirling sands of the Arabian Desert, rev ...

From the pyramids of Egypt to the jungle-choked ruins of Angkor Wat, from the magical desert capital of the Nabateans in ...

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

Teeth from an elderly man who lived around the time that the earliest pyramids were built have yielded the first full human ...

New research in northwest Saudi Arabia has identified the existence of a network of previously unknown walled oases.

Summer, with long, sunlit days stretching ahead, is the ideal time to immerse yourself in the heart of Arabia. Here, history ...

WASHINGTON -- Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to ...

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

In Saudi Arabia’s AlUla valley, the ancient city of Hegra, once a critical stop on the Incense Route, is slowly revealing its rich history. Archaeologists are assessing the condition of tombs, with a ...