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Matt DavisMesopotamia had Ur, a wealthy city from 2100 BCE and a towering ziggurat. Egypt had Memphis and Alexandria, with their great pyramids and...

by Vasudha NarayananIn the Freddie Mercury biopic, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” there’s a scene in which a family member scolds Mercury.“So now the family name...

Two famous ancient structures in the city of Palmyra have been destroyed by ISIS forces, Syria's antiquities chief says.The Tetrapylon and the facade of...

by Bruce BowerPeople hunted giant sloths in the center of South America around 23,120 years ago, researchers say — a find that adds to...

Archaeologists have recovered thousands of artifacts from a cave in Xinjiang (an autonomous region of northern China) including stone tools, bronze and iron artifacts and...

Archaeology – the name conjures up images of someone carefully sifting the sands for traces of the past and then meticulously putting those relics...

By Elana GlowatzDNA proves that Native American and indigenous Canadian groups along the northern Pacific Ocean have been living there for more than...

A ‘House of the Dead’ has been discovered in Wiltshire dating back 5,000 years by University of Reading archaeologists and students, and could contain...

Crews have begun dynamiting Neolithic-era caves near Hasankeyf, Turkey. The early Mesopotamian settlement will soon be submerged by a hydroelectric dam project, Diego Cupolo...

By Kastalia MedranoMost scientists believe all modern humans are descended from African ancestors. But a new analysis of an ancient Chinese skull...