Assos lies just another hour south from Troy. It’s all part of Türkiye’s promotion of its Aeneas Route of ancient sites. Colonizers from Lesbos first sailed over in the 7th century BC to ...

and ceramic lamps come from ancient cities that include Tenedos, Dardanos, and Assos. A highlight here is the stunning 4th-century BC marble Altıkulaç Sarcophagus that depicts deer hunting ...

This is my third year of rounding up my favourite tech of the last 12 months. I’m using tech in a very loose sense here, as ...

Dec. 5, 2024 — Researchers have tested ancient DNA from corn found at archaeological sites in Arkansas, shedding new light on the dispersal of one of the world's most important food ...

Two species of ancient humans walked beside each other 1.5 million years ago, fossil footprints have revealed. Fossilised imprints from a lakebed in Kenya have revealed that a member of the Homo ...

Two ancient hominid species with slightly different gaits crossed paths in East Africa. Footprints preserved on what was once a muddy lakeshore indicate that the two species, each built to walk in ...

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Archaeologists have uncovered an "exceptional" ancient Celtic burial ground and an early farming settlement from the Stone Age in the Czech Republic, among other finds. The Archaeological Center ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Egyptian temple hidden in a cliff face. The temple dates to around 2,100 years ago and was discovered at the site of Athribis, located about 125 miles (200 ...

Researchers found that ancient Mesopotamians associated body parts with emotions, just as we do—but they discovered some hilarious differences Margherita Bassi The 35,000-year-old rock was found ...

But why? The "evolutionarily ancient" act of yawning likely serves a few purposes, according to Andrew Gallup, a professor of behavioral biology at Johns Hopkins University. "The fact that it is ...