From the pyramids of Egypt to the jungle-choked ruins of Angkor Wat, from the magical desert capital of the Nabateans in ...

A 61-year-old man pleaded not guilty in the Ampang Sessions Court on Friday to a charge of raping his girlfriend's daughter, ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Firefighter uses a hose as the try to extinguish the blaze near the town of Ierapetra on the south coast of Crete island, ...

Are you as assured as Ashurbanipal about your knowledge of Mesopotamia, or as dim as Nimrud?

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

Heraklion, the capital of the Greek island of Crete, is an ancient city that perhaps is under-appreciated for its many ...

Ancient Eleutherna, located on the foot of Mount Ida on Crete, is revealing archaeological treasures from the dawn of Greek civilization.

Italy has announced the return of 145 ancient Greek coins to Greece — coins originally discovered on the island of Kos ...

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A staff member of the Shanghai Museum is busy preparing for the upcoming exhibition Legends of Dragon: The Ancient Civilization of Hongshan Culture on June 20. [Photo by Gao Erqiang/chinadaily.com.cn] ...

A staff member of the Shanghai Museum is busy preparing for the upcoming exhibition Legends of Dragon: The Ancient Civilization of Hongshan Culture on June 20. [Photo by Gao Erqiang/chinadaily.com.cn] ...