WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers ...

Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time when the ...

A diver recovered a woman’s 105-year-old diamond wedding ring after tirelessly searching a Texas lake for three days to find the heirloom passed down through generations of her family.

Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a large medieval cathedral in the subterranean citadel of Old Dongola, once the capital of the Nubian kingdom, Makuria. Excavations have been ongoing ...