Explore why the Grand Egyptian Museum, Tutankhamun artifacts and Nile cruises keep drawing tourists to Cairo, Luxor and Aswan ...

Popular narratives surrounding ancient history frequently blend historical facts with centuries of romanticized myth and ...

Ancient Rome left only scattered evidence for serial killers, but the stories that survive are disturbing. Murderous ...

Rather than treating Egypt as a destination that can be completed in a few days, more travellers are beginning to view it as ...

Alexandria overshadowed Pergamon, yet the Anatolian library rivaled Egypt in scrolls, scholarship, and parchment, shaping the ...

From the Vredefort Dome in South Africa (the world's oldest and largest known meteorite impact structure) to the volcanic ...

An analysis of ancient bones found in a Chinese cave offer glimpses of how Denisovans lived more than 130,000 years ago ...

A Roman-era stele in Thessaloniki, Greece, revives debate on the “devil’s horns” gesture, exploring its origins across ...

Humans everywhere use mind-altering substances, from stimulants and narcotics to hallucinogens. Yet surprisingly little is ...

Ancient human remains from Sulawesi suggest people were habitually using the psychoactive betel nut as far back as 25,000 years ago. Researchers found both unusual tooth wear and traces of arecoline, ...

Hidden in the pages of medieval manuscripts, researchers have found DNA traces of a deadly sheep virus dating back thousands ...

Today, research teams primarily based in China released two papers in Nature detailing the discovery and analysis of Denisovan remains from Bianfu Cave, Yunnan, in southwestern China. Together, the ...