A 4,300-year-old silver goblet unearthed in occupied Palestine may bear the earliest known artistic depiction of the origin ...

Rather than being a recent cultural development, kissing may have been practised by other early humans like Neanderthals and ...

Archaeologists in Israel have discovered the oldest known figurine representing human-animal, uh, interactions.

Modern scientists point to an empirical truth: We live on a planet in constant motion and mutation. As Winchester presents it ...

Dreams have long been thought to predict the future. They may actually do a better job of reflecting our more recent sensory ...

Once scarred by conflict and closed to visitors, several destinations around the world have transformed from battlefields ...

The ancient Assyrian capital of Nimrud was once considered one of the most important archaeological finds in the world.

The story depicted on the ˁAin Samiya goblet—an 8 cm tall silver vessel from the Intermediate Bronze Age (c. 2650–1950 ...

An ancient alabaster vase from Yale’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opium, offering the strongest evidence yet ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum's Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, ...

Korah was one of the first charismatic demagogues in history to use the gullibility of the masses to advance his own selfish ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of ...