a team of researchers has revealed new insights into how ancient Europeans adapted to their environments over 7,000 years of European ...

Hyperborea is a mythical land that appears several times in Greek mythology. But was it a real place? And if so, where was it ...

"If we examine a map of known ... Yet ancient Anatolia has long taken a back seat in archaeological research, Zangger noted. He explained that much of early Western European archaeology was ...

But the coal deposits found in the United States and Europe reveal that parts of the ancient supercontinent near the equator must have been a lush, tropical rainforest, similar to the Amazonian ...

Anaximander’s innovation, however, was to represent the entire inhabited earth, including the ocean(s) as they were known to the ancient Greeks. The Aegean Sea, near the map’s center, was enclosed by ...

BRUSSELS — Among Ukraine’s European allies, there is a quiet but growing shift toward the notion that the war with Russia will end only through negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow involving ...

A new study finds that the disturbance-demanding plant species oak, hazel and yew were abundant in Europe's forests before modern humans arrived, strengthening the argument that ancient vegetation ...

If the European Union had a mascot, it would be the ostrich. Putting your head in the sand and hoping your problems will disappear is the EU’s chosen style—so much so that the trade bloc ...

EVERY year, a charming medieval town in southern Germany hosts the best Christmas market in Europe. The commuter town of Esslingen, also known as Esslingen am Neckar, is known for its half ...

Time may be running out for companies doing business in Europe to trace the origins of ingredients in everything from lipstick to soap, as the E.U. looks set to take up the fight against the ...

What and how one learned depended on one's place in society. In ancient times, much like today, education was highly valued. Subjects could range from reading and writing to philosophy and ethics.