Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today. From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The ...

secretary general of the Supreme Council of Archaeology, said that the importance of the discovery, the first in the region from the Middle Kingdom, will change the history of the area.

This afternoon, it will remain fine and dry, with bright skies, and little to no cloud around throughout. Tonight This evening will start largely clear with a few patches of cloud drifting in from ...

In 2023, UNESCO recognized the historical importance of Jericho by inscribing it on the World Heritage List. The decision underscored the cultural and archaeological value of the region ...

Kristina Killgrove is a staff writer at Live Science with a focus on archaeology and paleoanthropology news. Her articles have also appeared in venues such as Forbes, Smithsonian, and Mental Floss.

Stonehenge. Angkor Wat. The Great Pyramid of Giza. Those of us who grew up in Western cultures tend to think of archaeology as the study of a place — a point on the map where edifices or ...

Archaeologists were recently able to confirm an 800-year-old tale of medieval biological warfare. The Norwegian historical chronicle Sverris saga tells the story of an attack that involved a ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Archaeologists in Cambodia have unearthed a dozen centuries-old sandstone statues at the Angkor World ...

Researchers decipher Babylonian map showing journey to Urartu, believed to be the ark's resting place after the Great Flood. Noah's Ark, Notre-Dame de la Garde. Image by tm-tm, licensed under CC ...