Most scientists agree modern humans developed in Africa, more than 200,000 years ago, and that a great human diaspora across much of the rest of the world occurred between perhaps 60,000 and 50,000 ...

The dry deserts of north-eastern Saudi Arabia were once wet enough to host vibrant communities of animals – and researchers have just found evidence that ancient hominins lived there too. “This paper ...

Introduction / Martin Huth and Peter G. van Alfen -- Arabian coinage : background and common aspects -- The Arabian Peninsula, 600 BCE to 600 CE : introduction : sources and geography / D.T. Potts -- ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new paper, still in pre-print, unveils the discovery of seven mummified, 4,000-year-old cheetahs in a Saudi Arabian cave.

If you look from above, you can see thousands of stone structures dotting the landscape of the Arabian peninsula. On the ground, you can find a bounty of stone tools and ancient fireplaces scattered ...

The study of ancient Arabian archaeology reveals a dynamic tapestry of cultural exchange that has shaped the region’s history over millennia. Recent investigations have illuminated the technological ...

The vast desert of the Arabian Peninsula was not always an arid landscape. A recent study reveals that this region was once home to a vast lake and river system. These favorable conditions fostered ...

Archaeologists have discovered ancient altars and inscribed marble slabs submerged along the Italian coast near Naples. The finds are likely the remains of a 2,000-year-old temple built by immigrants ...

Archaeologists have found evidence of human habitation within lava tubes for the first time, in the deserts of northern Saudi Arabia. Lava tubes are caves that form during a volcanic eruption. The ...

Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam and its prophet as well as home to Mecca and Medina, two of Islam's holiest cities. But what existed in the desert Kingdom before the advent of Islam? Well, a ...