Strabo, Philostratus and Pliny all wrote about mythological giants: Antaeus, Ilio son of Hercules, Orestes, Cyclops and many others, and one of the most common components of creation myths found in ancient cultures...

Forensic reanalysis of “Il Principe” - a lavishly buried Ice Age teen in Italy - suggests a fatal bear mauling, with claw/tooth marks and brief survival before death.

After forty years had passed after settling in the promised land of Canaan, the Israelites found themselves dealing with an old adversary.

Before man invaded, a vast stretch along the southern coast of Africa, was once a lush green forest.  A seagull’s view coming in from the sea would have seen the whitewash breakers of the Indian ocean spilling onto the pristine beaches, immediately bordered by thriving green indigenous forest, stretching far inland. Due to the high rainfall and moisture, water-loving-ferns, lofty trees rising up to 15 to 30 meters, including ironwood, stinkwood and yellowwood and fynbos plants flourished in this jungle.

How did people survive the Black Death? From taking protective measures to giving up and having fun, this is what life was like during the Bubonic plague.

DNA has solved a 12,000-year-old mystery from a cave burial in southern Italy revealing a rare inherited form of dwarfism in a teenage girl, and hints of the care her family gave her in Ice Age Europe.

It’s official, Brits have always known how to party! New research reveals Bronze Age Britons traveled hundreds of miles for massive meat festivals that connected ancient communities across Britain.

Evidence from Iron Age Bulgaria suggests dog meat was eaten at feasts as a deliberate practice, based on butchery cut marks and burned canine bones.

The Hittites may have been far “cleaner” than we imagine. New research argues hygiene was structured, status-linked, and tied to ritual life in Bronze Age Anatolia, with evidence down to real tubs and washing rules.

Scottish scientists have started a study at Caerlaverock Castle, which was “suddenly” rebuilt on higher ground, looking for medieval climate change evidence.