History

A partial jawbone bearing seven teeth unearthed in a cave in Israel represents what scientists are calling the oldest-known Homo sapiens remains outside Africa A partial jawbone bearing seven teeth …

Scientists using an imaging method based on cosmic rays have detected a large and enigmatic internal structure in the last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing, …

The world’s oldest person Violet Brown has died in Jamaica at the age of 117 years and 189 days old. Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed his condolences in …

Archaeologists work on mummies found in the New Kingdom tomb that belongs to a royal goldsmith in Luxor CREDIT: NARIMAN EL-MOFTY/AP Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a tomb of a prominent …

Belgian archaeologists inspect a 16th century fortification unearthed after tram works in Antwerp Archaeologists in Antwerp have spent the last two weeks excavating parts of a six-metre-high fortified wall that …

A composite reconstruction of the earliest known Homo sapiens fossils from Jebel Irhoud in Morocco, based on micro computed tomographic scans of multiple original fossils. The understanding of human origins …

An artist’s depiction shows the possible surface of TRAPPIST-1f, on one of seven newly discovered planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system Astronomers have found a nearby solar system with seven Earth-sized …

An Egyptian pharaonic scarab is pictured at the site of one of dozen newly discovered ancient Egyptian cemeteries dating back to the New Kingdom era at Gabal al-Silsila or Chain …

French cyclist Robert Marchand reacts as he arrives before attempting to break his own world cycling record at the age of 105 Robert Marchand, a 105-year-old Frenchman, made cycling history …

AA photo Turkish Culture Minister Nabi Avcı attended an event on Dec. 23 that was organized to introduce a restoration project for the Vlahsaray Panayia GreekOrthodox Church to be conducted …