New research reveals that coprolites from Çatalhöyük have provided the earliest evidence for intestinal parasite infection in the mainland Near East
The biblical King Balak may have been a historical figure, according to a new reading of the Mesha Stele (second half of the 9th century BCE)
During the Crusades, warriors travelled from western Europe to the near East, where they mixed and had families with local people, and died together in battle
More than 30 ancient graves have been uncovered by archaeologists and students of the University of Basel in Francavilla Marittima
Researchers from Penn and Harvard are the first ones to make archaeological use of U2 spy plane imagery from the Cold War-era
Two studies, one looking at Iberian hunter-gatherers between 13,000 and 6,000 years ago and another looking at Iberian populations over the last 8000 years, add new resolution to our understanding of the history and prehistory of the region