The mummified remains of a woman in Aswan (Egypt) who suffered severe trauma to the pelvis and received gynaecological treatment
The Hyksos, who ruled during the 15th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, were not foreign invaders, but a group who rose to power from within, according to a study
Egyptian blue is one of the oldest manmade colour pigments. It adorns, for instance, the crown of the world famous bust of Nefertiti
Archaeologists found the two beehive-shaped tombs in Pylos, Greece, while investigating the area around the grave of the “Griffin Warrior”
The Neo-Assyrian Empire collapsed after more than two centuries of dominance at the fall of its capital, Nineveh, in 612 B.C.E.
German and Kurdish archaeologists have uncovered a Bronze Age palace in Kemune, on the eastern bank of the Tigris River in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
The Justinianic Plague began in 541 in the Eastern Roman Empire, ruled at the time by the Emperor Justinian I, and recurrent outbreaks ravaged Europe and the Mediterranean basin for approximately 200 years
What kind of beer did the Pharaohs drink? The pottery used to produce beer in antiquity served as the basis for this new research
New analysis illuminates how much archaeological knowledge production has fundamentally relied upon site workers’ active choices in responding to labor conditions
The soil at the early Neolithic site of Aşıklı Höyük in Turkey offers a distinct signal for following the management of animals there
