Evidence shows that hunter-gatherers were crossing at least 100 kilometers (km) of open water to reach the Mediterranean island of Malta 8,500 years ago, a thousand years before the arrival of the ...

Long-distance seafarers crossed the Mediterranean far earlier than scientists had believed, a new study has found.

Because of this, most archeologists long believed Mediterranean islands like Malta were some of the last wildernesses to ...

New archaeological finds in Malta add to an emerging theory that early Stone Age humans cruised the open seas.

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Energy company Chevron will begin a survey of the east Mediterranean seabed early this summer to prepare for a pipeline connecting a sizable natural gas deposit in Cyprus waters ...

With a wide range of flavors from Greek, Lebanese and Palestinian cuisines as well as other Mediterranean cultures, there's ...

Mayada pointed to a divot picked out of the pavement in front of her parents' house — the hole left by the bullet when gunmen threw her 85-year-old father on the ground and shot him execution-style in ...

The silver-cheeked toadfish is spreading north in the Mediterranean, threatening biodiversity Researchers have recorded the ...

Magnificent Malta, land of aesthetically sculpted hillsides and picturesque patchwork terraces, perfectly epitomises "small ...

Archaeological treasures across Gaza have been damaged and destroyed in the war that is once more raging in the Palestinian ...

The deepest point in the Mediterranean Sea is littered with literal trash, starkly highlighting how human activity is impacting every last nook and cranny of the natural world (and not in a positive ...

The Noble Pen Shell, part of the Pinnidae family, is found in the Mediterranean Sea and is the largest of all pen shells, reaching up to 4 feet in size. This shell is known for its beautiful ...