The study indicates that the tunnels likely channeled water to drive horizontal paddle wheels, which powered millstones used ...

He added that through this EU-funded initiative, Italy reaffirmed its commitment to contributing to the preservation of Jordan’s rich archaeological legacy ...

Beneath the verdant pools of Gan Ha-Shelosha lies a network of medieval tunnels that once powered the thriving sugar industry ...

Research has identified the composite bow as the most lethal weapon of the Bronze Age, challenging long-held beliefs about its origins and transforming our understanding of ancient warfare. A new ...

IN the spring of 2023, at an isolated archaeological site in the Nafud Desert of northern Saudi Arabia, a day labourer named ...

Stretching from western Anatolia to southeastern Europe, this previously unknown land bridge provides a whole new migration ...

The Greek word for Palestine, Palaistinē (Παλαιστίνη), is derived from the Hebrew phrase ʾEretz Yisrael (אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל), ...

How did ancient cultures respond to crises and the collapse of the established social order? The 5,500-year-old Early Bronze Age site of Murayghat in Jordan, which has been extensively excavated by ...

As autumn closes in across Europe, one Mediterranean escape keeps the lights on, the grills hot and the sea inviting. The ...

Assyrian cuneiform inscription, estimated to be 2,700 years old, offers rare evidence of official correspondence between the ...

“Our archaeological discovery has shown that this currently ... scientists debated the way and the place that humans dispersed out of Africa into Europe — through the Levant, the Caucasus, or through ...

The prehistoric peopling of Europe has long been documented as occurring in waves from the western edge of Eurasia.