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 wild boars that were hunted. At the dawn of the Iron Age, some 500 years ...

This week, explore decoded words from charred ancient scrolls, meet heroic frog daddies, see Grand Canyon-size lunar features ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Israel, Lebanon and the U.S. are negotiating the release of Lebanese prisoners. A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect a week ago. Hostages held in the strip and Palestinian ...

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance ... orange hybrid originally from north-eastern India) and the lime (the most common ...

Steve Wiltkof (left), Donald Trump (center), and Mike Huckabee (right), the incoming US administrations Middle East team (illustrative). (photo credit: baumsaway from Getty Images Signature via ...

The Sterkfontein excavation site, which exposes the ancient deposits that once formed underground ... They aim to examine fossils from other key sites in eastern and southern Africa as well as ...

The conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people is one of the longest-running and most violent disputes in the world. Its origins go back more than a century. There have been a series of ...

Was Stonehenge an ancient calendar? A new study says no. The Carnac stones, located in Brittany in northwestern France, date back around 6,000 years. They consist of about 3,000 stones ...

[Image: Europos, the archaeological site. Source: Kilkis Ephorate of Antiquities.] Europos: An Ancient Crossroads Between the Aegean Sea and the Balkans The ancient city of Europos is located ...