Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Dubai: In a major scientific milestone, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian individual, ...

Ġgantija Temples, Malta Somewhere around 3600 B.C. the ancient temples of Ġgantija were built on Gozo Island in Malta, among the oldest Neolithic structures in the world.

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

This page was updated on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, to add clarification of National Geographic's mapping policy. (See maps of India and Pakistan’s conflict over mountains and glaciers) ...

Ancient accounts describe the disappearance of the plant in the first centuries A.D., with its last mention occurring in a letter from the Bishop of Cyrene (modern Libya) in 406.

320 pages : 26 cm "This book illuminates the lives of some 1,300 kings, queens, princes and princesses of ancient Egypt, unravelling family relationships and exploring the parts they played in ...

Researchers surveyed the DNA of more than 200 cats spanning the last 9,000 years, including ancient Romanian cat remains, Egyptian cat mummies, and modern African wildcat specimens.

TheStausee-Tafeltourtrail is part of the larger eco-friendly Saar-Hunsrück Steig, a long-distance hiking trail that spans roughly 250 miles in the western part of Germany.

Scientists just confirmed a 30-foot void first detected inside the monument years ago. Here’s the technology that helped scientists find it—and what it may have been used for.

The two sites, built as religious centers during the Khmer era, from 802 to 1431 A.D., are located along the Ancient Angkor Road, one of several medieval tracks that radiated from the seat of the ...

Tomatoes were reviled for centuries—so how did we come to embrace them? This small New Jersey town claims to have played a major role.