DNA samples from individuals across 2,000 years sheds light on the Etruscan origins, revealing Roman-era changes and genetic ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Origins of New World Civilization ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 211 No. 5 (November 1964), p. 29 doi:10.1038 ...

The Sea Peoples remain one of history's most enigmatic civilizations - a confederation of seafaring raiders who wreaked havoc across the Mediterranean during the late Bronze Age. These maritime ...

A team of scientists from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, has created 3D reconstructions of several Aztec skull ...

The Etruscans were the mysterious neighbors of the Romans in ancient Italy. They do not exist as a distinct people today, having died out in the early days of the Roman Empire. What do we know about ...

Researchers have made another major stride in understanding humanity’s origins of writing. In Mesopotamia, the birthplace of civilization, the earliest known writing system started around 3,000 BCE.

Yet, as an ancient civilization, the region had both an historical and cultural coherence. This shared past is at the heart of this ambitious book, which traces the story of East Asia from the dawn of ...

The palace at Knossos on Crete was an important centre for the Minoan civilization DNA is shedding ... The work could also provide clues to the origin of Greek language. Like the majority of ...

Data collected in the field supports research in the Departments of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Classics, Anthropology, History, Art History and the Divinity School—scholarship which ...

This theory highlights the extraordinary lengths an alien civilization might go to to ensure its survival and to explore the ...