Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the towering soldiers who defended the empire.

An ancient Egyptian rock engraving may have been carved at the dawn of the first dynasty, up to 5,100 years ago, a new study suggests.The engraving depicts a boat that may have a royal figure seated ...

The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...

Scientists decoded the 4,500-year-old genome of an Egyptian buried like royalty but built like a laborer—rewriting ancient ...

Ancient Canaanite donkey sacrifice discovered in Israel sheds light on early trade with Egypt and cultural customs of the ...

Researchers in the UK have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from an individual who lived more than ...

A groundbreaking discovery has revealed the complete genome of a man who lived in Ancient Egypt over 4,500 years ago, during ...

Isotope teeth analysis from donkey skeletons at Gath shows valuable female asses were imported for ritual burial under homes, ...

A woman took a DNA test out of curiosity and found out her real father was Egyptian, not Portuguese; upending her identity ...

A discovery inside Stella Williamson’s attic unearthed a gruesome Gallitzin murder mystery that captivated the nation in the summer of 1980. The dead woman left a letter and a dark secret – the ...

In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented ...

For the first time, scientists decoded a complete genome from a 4,800-year-old Egyptian, revealing surprising Middle Eastern ...