In this pioneering study, researchers analyzed 7,500-year-old African women and found a whole new human lineage.

Researchers have discovered an extensive and remarkably well-preserved system of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu ...

The desert that we see today in Arabia was once a region that repeatedly underwent "green" periods in the past, as a result ...

A new map has revealed the most common religion in every African country, showing a clear divide between Christianity and Islam across the world’s second largest continent. The map, shared on ...

The Gion Shrine is found in the Yamashiro region of Japan. It is located immediately east of Kyoto, across the river from Nijo Palace.

His parents moved to Ivory Coast in the 1980s, towards the end of a period of exceptional economic growth that economists dubbed the “Ivorian miracle”. They came to work, drawn by the country ...

STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. Africa Command was in the political crosshairs even before it stood up 18 years ago in Germany’s automotive capital. From the outset, putting a four-star military ...

It has long been suggested that the material culture recovered from ancient archaeological contexts, consisting exclusively of stone artifacts provides an incomplete picture of human behavior in ...

Archaeologists uncover an ancient burial site with Egyptian, Greek, and Roman graves at Tell Ruwad Iskandar, Egypt. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient ...

"Distant relatives of the greenery in your homes thrive in tropical habitats all over the world, and now we know these included ancient African forests in the Mush Valley." The incredible detail ...

The tomb was found within an ancient Egyptian necropolis in Abydos. The burial is located about 23 feet (7 meters) underground and contains a limestone burial chamber covered with mudbrick vaults ...

Six key breeding areas are to be safeguarded to help save the African penguin, following a landmark court order in South Africa. Last year scientists warned that the species was declining by ...