An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid savanna-like environment.

A 3-year-old exploring an archaeological site in Israel last month reportedly stumbled upon an ancient treasure: an amulet ...

Two life-sized statues have been unearthed in Pompeii, including a bejewelled priestess of the ancient goddess Ceres.

The 3-year-old discovered a scarab amulet dating to the Middle Bronze era during an outing in southern Israel, the Israel ...

A 3-year-old girl found a 3,800-year-old Canaanite scarab amulet during a family trip to Tel Azeka, Israel. The 'beautiful' ...

The symbolism of the carved accessories of the woman may identify her as a priestess of Ceres, indicating her involvement in the religious sphere of Pompeii.

The Roman conquest of Greece has been an integral part of the long and rich history of this proud nation in the Eastern ...

Ziv Nitzan, who is three-and-a-half, picked up a stone on a family trip to Tel Azekah near Beit Shemesh in March. After rubbing it clean, her family immediately understood that it was an important ...

Donald Trump’s coterie are obsessed with ancient Rome — and its collapse. But their interpretation of Roman history is based ...

The genomes of two women who lived 7,000 years ago in the Sahara when it was a green savannah reveal a remarkably isolated ...

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's ...