Continued excavation at both sites could reveal more about the development of Coptic art and daily life.

Scientists Say a New Discovery Could Rewrite the Origin of Life ...

A newly identified fossil ape from northern Egypt is reshaping ideas about where the ancestors of modern apes first emerged.

Jaw fragments from Egypt’s Wadi Moghra reveal Masripithecus, a 17-million-year-old ape that may shift early-ape evolution from East Africa to North Africa.

For 1,700 years, no one knew where the First Council of Nicaea actually took place. The answer may have been sitting in a ...

For over a decade, a team from Sweden's University of Gothenburg has been excavating tombs just outside a Bronze Age city ...

It was one of history’s most dramatic moments—but the eruption of Mount Vesuvius wasn’t a single disaster. Recent evidence reveals how three settlements faced three distinct fates, reshaping our ...

A mysterious discovery buried in California’s Mojave Desert could shake up what experts think they know about prehistoric art ...

Ancient volcanic rocks from Western Australia suggest that water was reaching deep into Earth’s interior more than three ...

An amateur astronomer from Quebec spotted an unusual circular depression while planning a camping and road trip through the ...

What began as a routine drainage project at an ancient Thai temple quickly turned into one of the country's most remarkable ...

A new skull-based analysis of Neanderthal brains suggests that these ancient hominins’ range of intelligence largely ...