Thousands of years before modern history began, advanced civilisations rose along the Nile—and some vanished without a trace. What they left behind still baffles archaeologists today ...

For years, the most beloved part of my personal library was my two-volume set of the Oxford English Dictionary (“the OED,” to ...

DNA within dried feces dating from more than 1,000 years ago provides valuable insights into the pathogens that plagued ...