Archaeologists working at the animal cemetery at Berenike have documented remains from three dozen primates, marking a significant shift in Roman pet-keeping practices. Previously, the handful of ...

A volunteer, digging near the cold stone of Hadrian’s Wall, made a startling discovery: an ancient silver ring featuring a delicately carved intaglio. The find pulls the curtain back on the lives of ...

Contrary to popular belief, domestic cats arrived in Europe much later, around 2,000 years ago, from North Africa, not with ...

A terracotta figurine in the form of a pig was made in Egypt around 3000 b.c., during the Early Dynastic period. Pork accounts for more than a third of the world’s meat, making pigs among the planet’s ...

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s AlUla is preparing to open new chapters in the history of the ancient city of Dadan, the former capital of the Kingdoms of Dadan and Lihyan, through a new permanent exhibition ...

Around this time of year my nerdy mind turns to constructing an authentic biblical nativity scene. This amuses my family, to ...

Rocks have been found to hold many traces of Earth's ancient history, but usually geologists have to seek them out. Every ...