While most of the world was in lockdown, a team of 15 researchers carefully scraped thousands of years of soot, dirt, and ...

Feb. 12, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV and 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Follow archaeologists as they discover a long-lost ancient cemetery in Egypt’s sacred ...

The artifacts, which included amulets and a sculpture, smelled like earth when they spilled out of his suitcases, according ...

By removing centuries of soot, researchers have uncovered the stunning decoration of a sanctuary dedicated to the heavens ...

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has ended its search for the missing plane after it was located approximately 34 miles southeast ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

The remains of Alexander the Great may lie under the streets of Alexandria, they may have been "eaten by a shark," or they ...

Deep beneath Rome’s Domus Aurea, archaeologists have unearthed a rare ingot of Egyptian blue — the world’s first synthetic ...

Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin throughout the programme, plus up to three additional languages chosen from a wide selection including Akkadian, Aramaic, Egyptian, Sumerian, Syriac and ...

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...

Now, a recent study suggests the victims were eaten. Psychedelic Traces on Ancient Egyptian Mug: Egyptians may have used hallucinogenic substances as part of a fertility rite, researchers said.