Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Six million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea wasn’t nearly as picturesque as it is today. It was barely even a sea; tectonic ...

Know’st thou the land where the lemon trees bloom, Where the gold orange glows in the deep thicket’s gloom, Where a wind ever soft from the blue heaven blows, And the groves are of laurel and myrtle ...

The Maghreb, where the Sahara meets the Mediterranean, has always been more than a borderland. With its strategic location near Europe and climate suited for settlement, it has served as a key passage ...

The central Mediterranean throughout time has been a region defined by the continuous flow of people, goods, and ideas. Excavation and analysis of ancient shipwrecks along these coastlines reveal the ...

"First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Allen Lane"--T.p. verso. Pt. 1. The first Mediterranean, 22000 BC-1000 BC. Isolation and insulation, 22000 BC-3000 BC -- Copper and bronze, 3000 BC-1500 BC ...

A new book by a religious studies professor explores the West’s origins in the ambiguities, intersections and nuances of the Mediterranean European history has long been written in the tales of kings.

Located nearly two miles below the coast of Southern France lies a merchant ship from the 1500s, which just reappeared on scientists' screens. The vessel, Camarat 4, was discovered nearly intact on a ...