There's something about ancient civilizations that fascinates us even thousands of years later. Their architecture, ...

The tomb and its personal artifacts are some of the first true pieces of evidence of an early Roman presence in the area. The ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

The Benin Bronzes, taken from what is now Nigeria, have become a symbol in the effort to return looted artifacts to their ...

New analysis of Amarna period artifacts suggests that before Tutankhamun took the throne as a child, two of Akhenaten’s ...

A treasure trove of 225 funerary figurines have been discovered inside a tomb in the ancient Egyptian capital of Tanis in the ...

Throughout history, rare artifacts, masterpieces, and ancient treasures have captured the imagination of collectors and ...

Germany will return valuable artifacts looted during the Second World War to Poland, local media reported on Sunday. A ...

A middle-aged woman continuously shed tears before the golden mask of a boy pharaoh excavated from the darkness 3,300 years ago. This 110 kg pure gold coffin once wrapped the mummy of Tutankhamun (r.

Official construction began in 2005, and after delays due to COVID-19, among other things, it is now officially open.

After 23 years in the making, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the largest museum on the planet dedicated to one civilization, made its debut earlier this month – much to the delight of tour operators ...

A newly analyzed ancient alabaster vase from Yale’s Babylonian Collection has revealed unmistakable traces of opium, challenging long-held assumptions about daily life and ritual in ancient Egypt. The ...