Preserving DNA in biological samples has long posed a challenge for researchers, but the process may be about to get a lot ...

Ancient DNA from an Egyptian genome has been sequenced for the first time, revealing genetic links to the Fertile Crescent.

Scientists have found another key to unlocking part of our planet’s history, thanks to a discovery made inside a nearly 3,000-year-old brick. According to the research report published on Aug. 22, a ...

A research team reconstructed the genome of an extinct horse species through an open-air extraction at the archaeological ...

In recent years, Egyptologists’ understanding of the period of stability and prosperity that emerged at the end of the 4th millennium B.C.E. known as the Old Kingdom has begun to change. Excavations ...