High on the sheer limestone cliffs in southwest China, ancient wooden coffins remain wedged into rock faces hundreds of feet ...

According to Ancient Minoan marriage rules, first cousin marriages were nothing unusual in the particular society.

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Here are 10 major findings about human ancestors and our close ancient relatives that scientists announced in 2025. A handful ...

In a hillside cemetery in southern Italy, the bones of a small Bronze Age community have yielded a secret that their stone ...

A collaboration between the University of Huddersfield's Archaeogenetics Research Group and the University of Southampton's Center for Maritime Archaeology, has clarified the first settlement of New ...

Lost cities, missing tombs, and unexplained occurrences. History still holds unanswered questions for these seven events.

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

A groundbreaking digital reconstruction has unveiled the strikingly modern face of a 3,500-year-old Mycenaean royal woman ...

From Nordic lullabies to Grimm’s fairytales, the wolf has always haunted the edges of human history. Even today, wolves would ...

The Sverris Saga, written in the 12th century, describes King Sverre’s rise to power and his conflict with the Baglers. The ...

When a relative died, I was given an extraordinary artifact—and a head-spinning journey down a 25-year ethical rabbit hole.