The finest ever map of the cosmic microwave background - the faint evidence of the universe's early form - has yielded ...

Stone tools recently discovered in Ukraine could potentially rewrite history as the oldest evidence of human presence in ...

DNA recovered from archaeological remains of ancient humans who lived in what is now Tunisia and northeastern Algeria reveals ...

The research team at the Atapuerca archaeological sites in Burgos, Spain, has just broken its own record by discovering, for ...

For hundreds of years experts have been trying to find answers as to how the great Minoan civilization of Crete came to an ...

Located in Ostia Antica, the mikvah dates to the late fourth or early fifth century C.E. Researchers say it's the earliest ...

This mystical site, which sits along one of Europe's most beautiful stretches of coastline, is one of the continent's last ...

Ancient Greek sites are always must-see attractions on any European holiday, but travel expert Rick Steves says some of the ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...

The new study showed that the frequency of people with dark skin was still high in parts of Europe until the Copper Age (also ...