For decades, the leading theory for the ubiquity of Indo-European languages was that early farmers, living in a region known ...

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A prize offered by an Indian state leader is intended to shed light on a Bronze Age civilization — and settle a cultural ...

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While still a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient ...

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He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

Complete with a library stocked with books about Egyptian history, the sleek river cruiser ... motherhood and magic worshipped throughout the ancient world. How to do it: Lindblad’s 11-night ...

Ancient-DNA analyses identify a Caucasus Lower Volga people as the ancient originators of Proto-Indo-European, the precursor ...