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Archaeologists excavating the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the ancient church in Jerusalem situated where Jesus Christ was crucified and buried, recently found evidence of ancient olive trees and ...

An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, demonstrating the ...

Strange “hairy” covers of books in medieval Europe were made from seal skin obtained from Viking descendants, a new study has found. It is rare to find medieval manuscripts in their original ...

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Dire wolf pups born using gene-edited ancient DNA CRISPR used to match dire wolf genes in grey wolf embryos Dallas firm Colossal leads species restoration breakthrough ...

Fashion label Hemu draws inspiration from ancient Liangzhu culture. Image via China Daily. Rather than relying on ancient motifs, designers drew from Ming Dynasty mamianqun skirts and Yuan Dynasty ...

Science is helping researchers judge books by their covers — and revealing surprising beneficiaries of medieval trading routes in the process. Dozens of rare, fur-covered volumes from 12th and ...

After a century-long wait, an excavation has finally revealed the only ancient theatre on Greece's Ionian Islands. Ancient Lefkada’s theatre was first discovered in 1901, but it took until now ...

The effort to resurrect dire wolves started at Colossal with DNA recovery from two ancient remains, which included a tooth from 13,000 years ago and a skull dating back 72,000 years. Research teams ...