Scientists reveal new details about the 5.3-million-year-old flood, which triggered earthquakes, generated tropical-storm ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

We find surprisingly little direct genetic contribution from levantine phoenicians to western and central mediterranean punic ... By the early first millennium BCE, Phoenician cities had ...

By the early first millennium BCE, Phoenician cities had established a vast maritime network of trading posts as far as Iberia, spreading their culture, religion, and language throughout the central ...

Whilst attacks are thankfully uncommon, this new map reveals where sharks have struck ... Sharks attacks are - thankfully - very rare in the Mediterranean sea, and certainly should not scare ...

A wine shop sign in the ruins of the ancient Roman city Herculaneum’s main street. The sign tells viewers to 'come to the sign of the bowls' (ad cucumas). Some of the wines also have vintage ...

HADERA, Israel (AP) — Israeli police on Tuesday scoured the Mediterranean coast for a swimmer they fear may have been attacked by a shark in an area that has long seen close encounters between ...

Last month Mediterranean resort town Cannes, France's fourth-biggest cruise ship port, said it would ban the most-polluting cruise ships from next year in an attempt to boost air quality in the city.

By the first millennium BCE, the Phoenicians had set up trading posts and colonies all over the Mediterranean, including in places like Spain, Sicily, and North Africa. The most powerful of these ...

By the early first millennium BCE, Phoenician cities had established a vast maritime network of trading posts as far as Iberia, spreading their culture, religion, and language throughout the central ...