New insights from archaeology, genetics and early inscriptions are helping to uncover the story of Celtic languages in ...

It began more than a century ago, deep within the ancient turquoise mines of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. There, faint carvings ...

Prime minister faces criticism from Jewish groups and Britain’s opposition over Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s return to the UK.

The U.K. prime minister is facing criticism after celebrating the return of human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah from ...

Human history is not governed by thermodynamic laws. Still, the vocabulary of metastability, tipping points, and critical ...

Some ancient writing systems cannot be deciphered. Can artificial intelligence help crack the codes of the past?

Just last month, the Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) witnessed chaotic scenes as crowds upon crowds of Egyptophiles flooded the highly anticipated ‘Ancient Egypt Unveiled: Treasures from Egyptian ...

In 1982, a bomb exploded at Sydney’s Jewish Hakoah Sports Club — the building that housed my Bondi Beach Karate Club. These ...

Sappho sang of desire, passion, and love, mostly directed towards women. She remains the most mysterious of ancient poets.

Researchers are using a very modern tool to transcribe and read hundreds of thousands of medieval manuscripts from the lost ...

Crews discovered an ancient Egyptian pleasure boat, known as a thalamegos, shipwrecked and fully submerged near present-day Alexandria. The nearly 115-foot-long boat was made of wood and propelled ...

Long before Cleopatra and Hatshepsut, Ankhnespepy II amassed unprecedented political and religious power. Here's how.