Sour cherry jam, with its balance of sweet and sour, is best in this tart; some brands might specify Morello cherries on the ...

Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient people who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America ...

In the early Bronze Age, a piece of bread was buried beneath the threshold of a newly built house in what is today central ...

The scrolls in question, stored in a library in a Roman villa that is thought to have belonged to the father-in-law of Julius ...

Etched onto rocks on a remote peninsula in Western Australia are millions of images drawn tens of thousands of years ago by ...

For the first time, we have a method for extracting proteins from preserved soft tissues like brains – which could be a ...

Ancient DNA from people buried up to 1,600 years ago in Honduras have revealed clues to the rise and fall of the Maya.

Three ancient Egyptians were buried in remarkable tombs with courtyards in a necropolis reserved for important people.

Percy Fawcett's quest to find a lost city in the Amazon jungle ended in mystery. A century later, his story continues to ...

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The archaeological site of Phaistos, where one of the most emblematic Minoan palaces is located on Crete, is to undergo major ...