Ancient DNA has shed fresh light light on the origins of the legendary Biblical people who gave their name to mindless thuggery. It suggests they descended from migrants who crossed the Mediterranean and reached the shores of modern-day Israel,…

Geologists float an answer to the mystery of salt flurries beneath Dead Sea: New computer simulation and research helps scientists understand how salt makes its way down rather than up, providing a glimpse into formation of massive deposits around…

Tooth oxygen isotopes reveal Late Bronze Age origin of Mediterranean fish aquaculture and trade... The analyses showed that some of the gilthead sea bream originated from the southeastern Mediterranean but that roughly three out of every four must…