19, 2024 — Ancient DNA has provided spectacular insights into human history, particularly in Europe and Asia, where researchers have reconstructed the genomes of thousands of people. However ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome. Today, scholars at the OI and across the University ...

A recent study conducted by geoscientists from Heidelberg University has uncovered the earliest known evidence of ...

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Bread has been intricately woven into human history for thousands of years, and ancient Greece was no exception.

one of the fundamental principles on which European civilization is based. The refugee issue reveals the unavoidable gap between the inclusive logic of universal human rights and the nation state ...

A series of short animations that take the viewer back in time to explore seven different ancient civilizations. These clips are from the BBC series Lost Lands. Suitable for: KS2 in Engalnd ...