The ancient Near East, a region extending from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea to present-day Afghanistan, was home to several of the world's oldest civilizations. Favored with an ...

Neanderthals could have migrated east and reached what’s now China, or a different species of ancient human possibly made stone tools uncannily similar to those being made in Europe during this ...

Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with ...

Ancient Near East studies examines the history, languages and cultures of the Near East from the beginning of recorded history to the Roman times (approximately from 3000 BCE to 200 CE). Even though ...

Diaoyuan's transformation from a cluster of crumbling farmhouses into a destination for urbanites seeking "slow living" is a ...

As golden rapeseed flowers bloom near an ancient village in Yixian County, east China's Anhui Province, visitors flock ...

Ancient Near Eastern research and education have a long-standing tradition in Finland. The region has captivated Finnish scholars and explorers from the 19th century to the present day. Centre of ...