This now-extinct tongue was probably spoken somewhere in Eurasia as many as 8,000 years ago. But how do we know ...

Palaspata temple linked to the Tiwanaku empire has been discovered in Bolivia, an archaeological find that redefines Andean political.

A new find in the Ayvalık region of western Turkey suggests that prehistoric humans somehow "walked" across what is now a deep body of water.

Excavations in the heart of Leicester have provided a window into nearly 2,000 years of the city’s rich history, according to ...

Greek amphora from Attika 550 – 520 BC. Credit: MatthiasKabel / CC BY-SA 3.0 The ancient Greek amphora was used as the main transport container for goods across the Mediterranean and the Black Sea for ...

IN SOME PARTS of the West, children of healthy weight have become the exception. In poor countries, childhood obesity is spreading faster than ever before. The problem is not new: the percentage of ...

Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a 1,600-year-old Christian care facility for the elderly – a remarkable find that may be the world’s oldest nursing home. The news, reported by Israel's news ...

University of Bristol provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. This year has seen a number of artefacts recovered from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt. The area has ...

The African Union endorsed a map that reflects the truer relative size of the continent. (map public domain via Equal Earth) Already a member? Sign in here. We rely on readers like you to fund our ...

The week at the World Junior Championships for Audrey Derivaux started with a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter individual medley. Since that event, the American 16-year-old has made the top step ...

"On classroom walls from Lagos to London", the standard map of the world depicts an "inflated Britain at the centre" and a dramatically "shrunken Africa", said The Times. But this could soon change.