This was the office of Salem Abdullah, archaeological director of the ancient city of Assur, which once thrived on this rock as the capital of the Assyrian Empire. Abdullah, who was raised in a ...

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In a new study, researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig have recovered the first ancient genomes (aDNA) from Papua New Guinea and the Bismarck ...

While Van Katwijk says we can postpone the inevitable, looking to the ancient ways of a group of Mexican indigenous people is worth considering. Van Katwijk noted the Seri have used the seeds for ...

Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient hunter-gatherers who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America about 6,000 years ago.Researchers are still charting how ...

Inside is Machang, a savory glutinous rice dumpling with roots stretching back more than 2,000 years to ancient China. In Quezon City, it is reborn by Kamuning Bakery Café, a neighborhood institution ...

I have no doubt that we would find that case worth our time. Faced with the government's plan to destroy an ancient site of tribal worship, we owe the Apaches no less." The federal government had ...

How wholegrains saved Denmark's health: Why you should try this diet trick Analyses showed that the bread was made with coarsely ground emmer flour, an ancient variety of wheat, and lentil seeds ...

Researchers believe they've cracked the mystery of a mummified "rainbow dragon" that's been sitting in a Japanese treasure house for centuries. The "dragon" has been stashed at the Shosoin ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's deepest view of a single target yet depicts spinning arcs of light that are galaxies from the universe's distant past, the European Space Agency said Tuesday. The ...

Scientists in Spain say they have discovered the oldest full human fingerprint after unearthing a rock which they say resembles a human face and suggests Neanderthals could make art. A Neanderthal ...