Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...

In what the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) is calling an “unprecedented” discovery ...

“Ancient DNA has produced a revolution in our understanding of recent human origins,” said Daniel Green, field program ...

Scientists have shed new light on the rhino family tree after recovering a protein sequence from a fossilized tooth from more ...

Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived ...

When large marine animals like whales die, they sink down to the seabed. Once their flesh has been stripped away by ...

Abortion today, at least in the United States, is a political, legal and moral powder keg. But for long stretches of history, terminating an unwanted pregnancy, especially in the early stages, was ...

We Americans might not be interested in ancient history, but history is interested in us. Our neighbors, friends, rivals, and enemies all get a vote as to America’s future.

From Stone Age astronomy to Viking law and Roman goddesses, cultures across time have honored the longest day of the year ...