The 1st-century luxury vessel matches the description given by the Greek historian Strabo, who visited the city of Alexandria ...

Long before modern billionaires threw lavish parties at sea on their superyachts, the wealthy elite of ancient Egypt ...

A genome study contradicts long-held conceptions by determining when domestic felines were introduced into Europe from North Africa.

Here’s a breakdown of the origin of the Christmas Tree and which culture is credited with the Christmas tree traditions we ...

The twelve apostles, the chosen followers of Jesus Christ, went throughout the ancient world preaching, spreading ...

The team analyzed DNA from 225 ancient cat specimens collected across Europe, North Africa, and Anatolia. These were were bones and teeth spanning more than 10,000 years of human history. From these ...

A new genome study is providing some insight into the matter by determining the timing of a key milestone in feline ...

Picture a country where pharaohs once ruled, and billion-dollar smart cities rise from desert sands. Egypt isn’t just about ...

A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the domestic cat, which has the scientific name Felis catus, originated in North ...

Crucially, these findings contradict a long-standing theory that domestication in Europe occurred much earlier – some 6,000 ...