Qin-era carved stone proven authentic through advanced analysis, revealing ancient Kunlun mission and inspiring new preservation efforts.

A remarkably intact pottery vessel dating back more than 10,000 years has been recovered from the depths of Lake Biwa, Japan, marking one of the oldest and most significant ceramic discoveries in ...

Work is beginning on the documented reconstruction of the monument’s original decorative appearance, in a collaboration ...

The first Denisovan skull, an ancient hunter’s toolkit and a Roman man’s brain that has turned to glass: here are our picks ...

A team of researchers led by the British Museum has unearthed the oldest known evidence of fire-making, dating back more than ...

In 2023, archaeologists announced the discovery of arrowheads in a grotto in southern France dated to 54,000 years ago, and ...

The Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan was meant to be the largest ever carved by ancient Egypt—an enormous thousand-ton block of granite that lay half-freed from the quarry floor. But when a massive crack ...

Wang Zhi, dean of the School of Fine Arts, explained, "Through this theme, we aim to anchor intellectual weight in an era of ...

A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...

Tucked along Whitehall Road in Athens, the University of Georgia’s Laboratory of Archaeology, is home to an abundance of ...

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

The research, published in the journal Antiquity by archaeologist and professional trumpet player Miquel López-García and his colleague Margarita Díaz-Andreu from the University of Barcelona, examined ...