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For the first time ever, researchers have mapped the entirety of the vast Roman road network highlighting its immense ...

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In her curation of “The World Between,” Dakouri-Hild calls attention to the complexities of cultural formation in geographic ...

Deep in South Africa, a ring of ancient stones stands shrouded in mystery. Some claim it’s over 200,000 years old - the work of humanity’s earliest ancestors — while others dismiss it as myth. This is ...

Lydia Polgreen speaks to the former New York Times bureau chief Howard W. French about the cost of not engaging with Africa.

The Grand Egyptian Museum, which opened on Nov. 4,  includes a vast collection of Egyptian artifacts, including those from ...

A Storyteller's Guide to the Picts is an illustrated history of the tribes who lived in eastern and northern Scotland from ...

Our results paint early apes in an amorous light, showing that the ancestors of large apes were kissing each other as far back as 21.5 – 16.9 million years ago. Clearly, they were onto a good thing ...

Egypt reaffirms readiness to partner with Nigeria on heritage preservation as it unveils the world’s largest archaeological ...