Researchers in Israel suggest the roughly donut-shaped artifacts could be spindle whorls, representing one of the oldest ...

The free event near the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg will showcase archaeologists and projects from around the state.

"My work is deeply influenced by the cabinet of curiosities—odd objects that may not be easily categorized," the artist says.

In a couple of days, the cultural landscape of the ancient Benin Kingdom will wear a new look with the formal opening of the ...

Some of the ancient history underneath Jerusalem is easily accessible.

The site of a major battle almost 1,400 years ago has been identified using declassified spy satellite images.

V iewed from space, the western edge of the Sahara Desert looks like another world. Its abundance of red-tinged sand turns ...

Oracle bones were often made from tortoise shells, as in this photograph, and from the shoulder blades of oxen. According to archaeologists, a fortune teller would carve a question into the bone with ...

A global assembly of experts in archaeology and cultural heritage has begun to chart a way forward to find solutions to ...

Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.

MANN has the world’s largest collection of artefacts from Pompeii, with some 40,000 findings. View on euronews ...

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