Mountains, quiet beaches, Byzantine old towns and a sprat festival – there’s far more to this Balkan nation than you might ...

Turkish underwater archaeologists recently uncovered a 2,000-year-old shipwreck with hundreds of intact plates and bowls. The ceramics maintained their deep red colors due to ancient packaging.

A Cambodian tourist sparked a clash with Thai visitors when she posed with the national flag at a disputed ancient Khmer temple on the border. Footage shows the female holidaymaker in a long skirt ...

CINCINNATI — The oldest American flag in U.S. history that still exists is believed to belong to an Ohio family, and on this Independence Day, they want the world to see it. Jim Mooney and his ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria – The first Bulgarian scientific expedition to the foothills of the Sayano-Altai mountain range in Mongolia has returned, archaeologist Nikolay Ovcharov said on Tuesday. The expedition ...

The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly protected the flag from Confederate forces during the Civil War ...

Teeth from an elderly man who lived around the time that the earliest pyramids were built have yielded the first full human genome sequence from ancient Egypt. “It’s incredibly exciting and ...

Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced whole genomes ...

This ancient Egyptian left behind 4,500-year-old DNA. Researchers recreated his face. Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found ...

Tattoos are older than pottery and possibly fire — but where did they really begin? From Ötzi the Iceman’s 61 therapeutic tattoos to the sacred ink of Egyptian priestesses, this video ...

Canada’s 4.16-billion-year-old rocks may unlock Earth’s ancient geological secrets Ancient volcanic rocks in Quebec are now Earth’s oldest. The find sheds light on early oceans, tectonics ...