Ecologists have described the mammoth steppe as one of the most productive large-herbivore ecosystems in Earth's history.

For 1,600 years, a once-thriving frontier settlement lay buried beneath Egypt's western desert. Once governed by Byzantine ...

The discovery of an incredible 6th-century BC burial complex in Sirolo, central Italy has shed fresh light on the ...

Archaeologists exploring the Roman-era ruins of Heraclea Sintica in southwestern Bulgaria have made an exceptionally rare ...

In 218 BC, the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca achieved one of military history's most extraordinary feats - leading an ...

In 1969, archaeologists excavating the Issyk kurgan in southeastern Kazakhstan made a discovery that would become a national ...

Narrow, worn stairs beneath the 11th-century Pembroke Castle in Wales lead into a shadowy cavern where early humans once ...

McDonnell sourced the rare sycamore figs from a 1,400-year-old grove from a friend who was also conducting research in Egypt.

The long-lost remains of King Alfred the Great, the celebrated monarch who united the Anglo-Saxons against Viking invaders, have reportedly been located beneath a car park in Hampshire. This ...

The latest DNA study of the Shroud of Turin has revealed that nearly 40% of the human genetic material found on the famous linen traces back to Indian lineages, raising the startling possibility that ...

In 2016 the remains of a fascinating pyramid-shaped monument were discovered in the windswept and largely deserted Karaganda region of central Kazakhstan. This five-layered stepped structure was ...