A fossilized elephant skull found in the Kashmir Valley is reshaping how scientists understand an ancient giant’s past.

Africa roughly two million years ago. Scientists have unearthed various P. robustus fossils, but because of the specimens’ age, they haven’t been able to glean much from them.Now, using a novel method ...

Archaeologists have found the remains of a Roman fortress in northern Sinai. The discovery illuminates the Roman Empire’s ...

Analysis - When people think of ancient burials in North Africa, they often picture Egypt's pyramids and monuments. But new discoveries show that north-western Africa also has a deep and fascinating ...

New clues about our earliest ancestors suggest they may have reached Eurasia sooner than scientists once thought. Fossils ...

South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, ...

Additionally, the map also showcases how the continents have shifted since the time of ancient Earth and even ... the United States, Africa, Europe, Australia, Russia, China, and more.

To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ancestry with ancient Middle Easterners, even those from sites linked to ...

founded in the early 19th century by freed African Americans. While not ancient in the sense of millennia-old civilizations, it is the oldest modern independent African state, gaining independence ...

From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the kingdom of Kaabu dominated a swath of West Africa that included modern ... which allowed them to sketch out a map of the site, nearly 150 acres.