An analysis of the Roman Empire’s road network disputes the myth “all roads lead to Rome,” citing the importance of other cities and reviewing long-held assumptions.

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Analysis of 34 ancient plague genomes from the Black Death and succeeding plague epidemics in Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries, reveals how the bacterium diversified after a single ...

When you think of Siberia, you probably conjure up images of a sparsely populated, icy tundra — albeit one that's less frozen these days. But from this remote place came a group of ancient peoples ...

The people who lived in the area known as the Southern Levant—which is now recognized as Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Jordan, Lebanon, and parts of Syria—during the Bronze Age (circa 3500-1150 ...

Besides providing new insight into mysteries of the past, studying ancient DNA also has implications for the well-being of present-day humans. This model of Sardinia's population ...

The UK's national synchrotron facility, Diamond Light Source, was used by a large, international collaboration to study grains collected from a near-Earth asteroid to further our understanding of the ...

NASA’s InSight lander —- which touched down more than a year ago on Mars’ Elysium Planitia —- has detected a magnetic surface field that is ten times larger than expected from previous magnetic ...

Researchers have analyzed remains from ten archaeological sites in England, France, Germany, Russia, and Switzerland to gain insight into the different stages of the second plague pandemic and the ...