The Huns were nomadic horse warriors, originally from Asia, who invaded Europe in the late fourth century A.D. and carved out an empire that stretched from Asia to Europe.

A gleaming metallic body and a secretive lifestyle: meet the rare Eurythyrea quercus, a wood-boring jewel beetle found in ...

A new study claims to have identified the first speakers of Indo-European language, which gave rise to English, Sanskrit and hundreds of others.

A team of international researchers analyzing the genomes of ancient human remains has discovered that, unlike in other European societies of the period, first cousins in Minoan Crete and ...

Some commuters in a cosmopolitan European city may be shocked to learn they’ve been walking over ancient skeletons for many years.

Was an ancient European ring found in Israel used as a wedding band depicting the Temple? Unearthed at Huqoq, the artifact may represent the missing link between 1,300-year-old Merovingian rings ...

In parts of Ancient Greece, first-cousin marriage was not only allowed but encouraged, DNA shows If you wanted to hang on to your land in Bronze Age Greece, you could do worse than marry your cousin.

Stefan Theil asks if the unhappy marriage between rich and poor countries in Europe can be saved.

Scientists analyzing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern U.K. during the Iron Age was centered around women, a study said.

A team of international researchers analyzing the genomes of ancient human remains has discovered that, unlike in other European societies of the period, first cousins in Minoan Crete and ...