University of Ferrara researchers in Italy have examined how European skin, eye and hair pigmentation evolved over the past ...

Fast-forward two millennia and the paintwork has long since faded, giving rise to a range of colourless copycats that would ...

Even before the war, Ukraine’s railways were its arteries. They brought jobs and people to every corner of its vast territory ...

Archaeologists from the Museum of London have discovered a well-preserved part of the ancient city of London’s first Roman ...

Mallorca Council announces £138,000 investment to preserve the historic hilltop fortress after years of neglect and ...

With the clear Biblical, Jewish precedence for both Hummus and Za`atar in ancient Israelite cuisine — vastly predating the ...

Trade has been, since time immemorial, one of the main driving forces behind contact between civilizations. In this context, ...

Inside the super-private Torlonia Collection of ancient marbles, and the strategy to clean them up and bring them back into ...

Pompeii only came under Roman control around 160 years before its destruction – and its traffic-worn streets show how the ...

This incredible artificial canal, some 2,500 years in the making, stands as an incredible example of engineering.

Once-thriving landmarks like the ancient city of Palmyra and the medieval Crusader castle of Crac des Chevaliers remain ...

A new breed of veterans from Latin America and Asia patrols front lines for a salary, idealism or the thrill of combat.