The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.

In the collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is a small copper-alloy tool from a cemetery at Badari in Upper Egypt. It is just 63 millimeters long ...

Because cremation dominates the Urnfield period, the Late Bronze Age has long been a “blind spot” for biomolecular research. The new study published in Nature tackled that gap by focusing on ...

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Appian Way is a roughly 350-mile-long road that runs from Rome to Brindisi. With some parts ...

Perspectives on the Ancient Near Eastern canon : More than Mesopotamia's greatest hits / Amy Rebecca Gansell and Ann Shafer -- The southern Levant and the Ancient Near Eastern canon / Rachel Hallote - ...

Explore Pennsylvania’s ancient treasures that offer a glimpse into the past and will captivate history enthusiasts.

Further south, in the Don River basin, the menu changed. There, the “chefs” were obsessed with seeds. The foodcrusts were packed with wild grasses and wild legumes, like clover, all cooked together ...

Researchers recently used near-infrared photography to get a detailed look at ancient artwork showing scenes of wild animals tangled in a fight. But these weren’t paintings on a cave wall. They were ...

Colonialism has been a central part of history around the world, differing only in form over time and space. After all, ...