A collection of artifacts has been found in one of the largest and most complex Chu-era burials ever found. This cache is revealing new things about the birth of China.
The ancient artwork was uncovered during excavations at Pompeii in the 19th century. Now, researchers are conducting a long, ...
Dan and Becky Okrent spent seven years on the Met Project, a labor of love that took them from ancient Sumer to Synchronism.
An examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset in southwest ... A patchwork of tribes with closely related ...
Discover the rich history and cultural significance of Jallikattu, Tamil Nadu’s ancient bull-taming sport, rooted in the ...
A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site, archaeologists have been painstakingly putting together its ...
Scientists have revealed tattoo body art covering the 1,200-year-old mummified remains of an individual from Peru’s Chancay ...
The pair of stunning gold cups, called the “Vapheio Cups,” are considered masterpieces of ancient Greek art. The expertly crafted gold objects were found at the Vapheio tholos tomb in Lakonia, Greece ...
Partially reconstructed lamassus -- depictions of an Assyrian deity with a human head, the body of a bull or ... important ...