For decades archaeologists have exploring Egypt’s Eastern Desert, uncovering among other things the remnants of its vast ancient mining industry that functioned as an economic engine for the empire in ...

Our species, Homo sapiens, is about 230,000 years old. Estimates of when language originated vary widely, based on different forms of evidence, from fossils to cultural artifacts.

Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in Marbella, Spain, unearthing a stone with ancient engravings on its face that could rewrite the history of prehistoric art.

China's first pet cats arrived in the country sometime around the year 600 AD, and it seems they arrived via the famous Silk Road trade route that connected Europe and western Asia with China and all ...

What if everything we’ve been taught about the dawn of civilization is a lie—or at least a half-truth? Picture this: more than 10,000 years ago, while the last Ice Age glaciers retreated, a ...

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Members of the Mount Ararat and Noah’s Ark Research Team announced what they believe is a significant discovery at a site that was first named as a possible final resting place for Noah’s Ark decades ...

The history of Ireland from the fifth century onward is so closely tied to the Christian church that it has now become impossible to discover the facts of what transpired before the arrival of the ear ...

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The conventional theory is that humans and Neanderthals interbred between 40,000 and 50,000 years ago, with Neanderthals going extinct not long after that.