To do so they explored the remains of 94 women spanning about 6,000 years, from the time of the early neolithic farmers (dating back to around 5,300BC) through to the 9th century, from countries ...

The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, has acquired Standing Figure Holding a Were-Jaguar Baby (around 900BC-300BC), a jade statuette at the centre of Olmec civilisation studies since the ...

A 2,300-year-old rare gold crown is expected to fetch £100,000 after being discovered in a tatty cardboard box in Somerset. The delicate Greek myrtle wreath, which is thought to date to 300BC, is ...

Geological experts say the ancient tsunami dumped sediment, shells and marine fossils across the region that date back to 300BC. A similar size wave today would flood Wall Street and central ...

Notes for editors: Images of both artificial toes are available on request. The oldest known functional prosthesis is the Roman Capua Leg, which was made of bronze and dates from about 300BC.

Fermented meat or fish sauces had been in existence in China since about 300BC. By 50-100BC, demand for fish pastes in the country had fallen drastically, with fermented bean products having ...

A Manhattan gallery’s lawsuit contesting the seizure and return of an ancient bust of Alexander the Great (around 300BC) has been dismissed, after a New York judge ruled in Italy’s favour.

Originating 5,000 years ago with inscriptions dating to 300BC and speakers across the world at present, Tamil is widely accepted as the world’s first written and oldest surviving language ...

The grandson of a rag and bone man who acquired a small metal cup is in line for a windfall after discovering it is a pure gold vessel dating back to the third or fourth century BC.

Between 300BC and AD300, there is evidence of Iron Age settlers building fortifications and defensive works and so Stirling developed into a town of both strategic importance and wealth.

In 300BC, barrier beaches and marsh grass embroidered the coast, and Native Americans walked the shore. Today, a wave of the proposed size would leave Wall Street and the Long Island Expressway awash ...

Scholars had various opinions about Brahmi’s origin, arguing the script must have originated during 200BC-300BC, but without proper evidence.