Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa's largest pastoral populations. The study reveals a complex genetic ancestry with influences from both North ...

Palmyra is one of the most famous sites in Syria for its extraordinary heritage and archaeological remains. Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1980, the city saw much of its heritage destroyed ...

A new, first-of-its-kind analysis of the scents of nine mummies detected woody, spicy, herbal and rancid notes, among other ...

The team headed to Harvard University’s Peabody Museum in Cambridge, where they were granted permission to collect the yeast ...

In the Arizona desert, researchers are learning so much more about the peoples who have inhabited this land since antiquity ...

Rashid's must-read, millennia-spanning history, cleverly wrought from tablets written in the world's oldest script ...

Traveling along the Tea Horse Road unlocks a land of teahouses, centuries-old monasteries, and epic valley views.

Over 5,300 years ago, ancient herders known as the Yamna people emerged from the steppes of what is now Ukraine, going on to ...

Did you know there’s a town built entirely of mud bricks? Nestled in the Hadhramaut Valley of eastern Yemen, The City of ...

Storyline: Yemen's art industry has been ravaged by more than a decade of war and conflict, yet artistic expression is slowly returning in the capital city Sanaa. Inside the Sanaa Gallery in the heart ...