The power of Ramses III spread over key routes and was marked by rock inscriptions in his name—one has been found in Wadi Rum ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

A newly unearthed settlement in Egypt’s north-western Nile Delta dates back around 3,400 years to the New Kingdom era and ...

It is unclear what astronomical significance, if any, the Arrows had in ancient Egypt. An image of a weapon-wielding war god representing the planet Mars stands atop the fish-tailed goat Capricorn.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ari Caramanica, Vanderbilt University (THE CONVERSATION) Seeing the north coast of ...

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans ...

That’s largely the case today, but 7,000 years ago the vast desert was an altogether different place ... Now, with the help of ancient DNA from mummified remains, geneticists are figuring out who once ...

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(MENAFN- The Conversation) Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time, you would be hard-pressed to believe it's one of the driest deserts in ... was crucial for ancient canal systems ...

Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time, you would be hard-pressed to believe it’s one of the driest deserts in the world ... El Niño flood that nearly ended the young colony. Ancient ...

Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time, you would be hard-pressed to believe it's one of the driest deserts in the world ... system to their goals. Ancient beliefs, behaviors and ...