Mystery stone face discovered in KazakhstanTengrinews.kz - A human face carved in stone has been found in the Akmola region. Scientists are still unsure which historical period the artifact
17 July 2024
Kazakh horses named the oldest domestic horse breedKazakh horses are the oldest of domestic breeds that continues to inhabit the territories of its original formation said a Russian scientist Leonid Gaiduchenko.
Ancient town under water as downpours hit central ChinaOne of China's renowned ancient towns was under water Wednesday as heavy rain hit the centre of the country, with tens of thousands of people evacuated from the area.
DNA from ancient plague points to modern peril"In some cases death came immediately; in others, after many days," the historian Procopius wrote as a terrifying disease scythed through Constantinople in 542 AD.
28 January 2014
Italy promises UNESCO it will not abandon Pompeii Italy's culture minister assured UNESCO on Sunday that efforts were being made to restore the long-neglected Roman city of Pompeii, after the United Nations organisation urged the country to speed up repairs.
01 July 2013
Eureka! Unique exhibition in Rome honours Archimedes The great inventor of Antiquity, Archimedes, is the star of an unprecedented exhibition opening in Rome which includes modern applications of some of his best known discoveries.
01 June 2013
Ancient people also had clogged arteries, mummy scans show Scans of mummies from as long ago as 2,000 BC have revealed that ancient people also had clogged arteries, a condition blamed on modern vices like smoking, overeating and inactivity.
11 March 2013
Peru archeologists find ancient temple Peruvian archeologists have discovered a temple believed to be about 5,000 years old at the ancient El Paraiso archeological site in a valley just north of Lima.
13 February 2013
Rage in Timbuktu over priceless destroyed manuscripts "They are not Muslims, they are bandits!" raged Mohamed Elher Ag Abba, whose house flanks a famed archive in Timbuktu where retreating Islamists burnt priceless ancient books and manuscripts before fleeing.
Revealed: secrets of ancient Chinese medicinal herb Scientist in the United States on Sunday offered a molecular-level explanation for how a Chinese herbal medicine used for more than 2,000 years tackles fever and eases malaria.
Heritage catastrophe looms as war engulfs Old Aleppo As the battle for Aleppo closes in on the historical centre in northern Syria, heritage sites in one of the world's oldest cities are being damaged and experts fear the worst is yet to come.