Recent scientific reevaluations of remains have historians rethinking the prevalence of women fighters throughout history.

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

Geralt via Wikimedia Commons under CC0 New research analyzing ancient ... of the key archaeological sites linked to the Yamnaya people are in areas currently affected by the Russia-Ukraine war.

Access to the ancient Palmyra, parts of it mined, was forbidden even to the few local residents who remained put. A Russian archaeological mission started working on the site but never executed its ...

2 report genomic data for six ancient individuals from an archaeological site in Ranis ... including the Ust’-Ishim man found in Russia, an individual referred to as Oase1 found in Romania ...

Archaeology is the study of the artefacts ... of field samples to inform historical understanding. Ancient genomes from modern Ukraine and Russia reveal the origins of the Yamna people ...

The Russia-Ukraine war forced an unusual splintering of the findings. The first paper, focused on the origins of Indo-European languages, draws on the ancient DNA of 354 individuals at archaeological ...

Experts are returning to Syria’s war-ravaged heritage sites, hoping to lay the groundwork for restoring them and reviving tourism. They say that could provide a much-needed boost to the country’s ...

In north-west Syria, more than 700 abandoned Byzantine settlements called Dead Cities, stretch across rocky hills and plains, their weathered limestone ruins featuring remnants of stone houses, ...

Modules examine themes such as ancient environments ... China, Egypt, Italy, Russia, the Americas, amongst others – and will demonstrate how key archaeological discoveries have played a contribution ...