The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's ...

The gold and silver mines of ancient Greece produced the metals needed to forge empires and lay the foundations of Western ...

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Replica statues of 25th Dynasty Egyptian rulers, also known as the Black Pharaohs. Credit: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra docuseries has caused an ...

Jewelry was an important part of ancient Egyptian culture. Excavation at the Karnak temple found a 2,600-year-old pot filled with gold jewelry, beads, and statues. The statues of Egyptian gods ...

New DNA research shows that half the human beings alive today are descended from the Yamnaya, who lived in Ukraine 5,000 years ago. For about half the people alive today, the story of where they ...

For about half the people alive today, the story of where they came from just became clearer. For centuries, historians and linguists have been searching for the cradle of the Indo-Europeans, an ...

For the first time in more than a century, since Howard Carter unearthed the final resting place of King Tut, Egyptologists have uncovered a decorated royal tomb in the Luxor area, west of the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A US team of researchers has uncovered 27 bone tools made by human ancestors about 1.5 million years ago. While older bone tools have been discovered, similar examples of bone tool kits occur ...

World's oldest impact crater found, rewriting Earth's ancient history Date: March 6, 2025 Source: Curtin University Summary: Researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact ...

Curtin University researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly redefine our understanding of the origins of life and how our planet was ...