One of ancient Egypt’s earliest deities, Min was thought to be the embodiment of male sexual fertility. In iconography, he is often holding his erect penis in one hand and the Lactuca serriola ...
Its fossilised anatomy offered evidence of early human upright walking – and 50 years later, in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia that would become a hotspot for ancient human discovery ...
The couple stands on the edge of the sheer limestone cliff. More than 100 metres (328ft) beneath them is a lost world of ancient forests, plants and animals. All they can see is leafy tree tops ...
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - Altar Q that depicts 16 kings in the dynastic succession of the city is seen inside the archeological ...
The alphabetic writing system was identified on finger-length clay cylinders excavated from a tomb in an ancient Syrian city known as Tell Umm-el Marra. The artifacts came to light during a 16 ...
But that’s all kind of indirect. What would be amazing is if we could actually get the kind of data we get from folks today, just from, say, you know, ancient Romans or Vikings or medieval Persians.