The Maghreb has long been absent from studies on the recent prehistory of the Mediterranean. The new findings change that.

A new archaeological discovery at Kach Kouch in Morocco challenges the long-held belief that the Maghreb (north-west Africa) was an empty land before the arrival of the Phoenicians from the Middle ...

People living in Bronze Age-era Denmark may have been able to travel to Norway directly over the open sea, according to a ...

A metal detectorist recently discovered not one, but two bronze and wood daggers that experts dated to over 3,000 years ago.

Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with ...

El Argar used regional pottery networks to enforce political and economic dominance over its neighbors, revealing early state ...

The blades were found in just 11 inches of dirt and are believed to have served a cult-like purpose, experts said.

And while the cemetery at Başur Höyük does not have the wealth of gold that the Royal Cemetery of Ur contained, it does have huge numbers of elaborate objects buried alongside the dead—pots, pins, ...

Başur Höyük is a Bronze Age community dated to between 3100 BC and 2800 BC. Previous studies have hinted that this period corresponded to the rise of kingship in ancient Mesopotamia as part of ...

New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before. During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans' neighbors, new technologies meant ...

Middle Eastcategory Young Turks drive protests against Erdogan as new generation seeks change 1:39 PM UTC Middle Eastcategory Israel's Netanyahu withdraws nomination of candidate for intelligence ...

The OPCW, a treaty-based agency in The Hague with 193 member countries, is tasked with implementing the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention. Middle Eastcategory Iran supreme leader Khamenei rebuffs ...