Researchers have recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago.

Ancient DNA analysis reveals a previously unknown group of hunter-gatherers who lived near present-day Bogotá, Colombia, about 6,000 years ago. This group is genetically distinct from both ...

Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient hunter-gatherers who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America about 6,000 years ago.

Cultivating ancient wheat will be a symbolic step in this direction," she said. "These lands have preserved this bread for 5,000 years and given us this gift.

Scientists use laser technology to uncover more Mayan ruins 03:10. Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and ...

Nature - A global analysis reveals that most carbon dioxide emitted by rivers derives not from modern plant material, as was thought, but from ancient, buried carbon.

A rare 5,000-year-old bread loaf was recently found in Turkey's Eskisehir province. Preserved by burning, it's now recreated by bakers using ancient grains.

Egypt has announced the discovery of ancient Luxor tombs, heightening excitement for the full opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum. The 3,500-year-old tombs are believed to have been for statesmen.

The ancient Greeks were incredibly talented mathematicians—but they rarely used numbers in their math. Their particular specialty, geometry, dances around actual quantities, focusing on higher ...

Ancient Trees, Dwindling in the Wild, Thrive on Sacred Ground Buddhist temples in China are home to trees from dozens of endangered species, a new study shows. Some of them are almost 2,000 years old.

Three tombs dating back thousands of years have been unearthed in an ancient Egyptian burial complex.. The tombs of three prominent statesmen from the New Kingdom era (1539 to 1077 BCE) have been ...