A scholar claims to have deciphered Cryptic B, a mysterious alphabet in the Dead Sea Scrolls long thought impossible to read.

Unearthed off the coast of Alexandria, the vessel may have once measured 115 feet long. Experts think it would have held a ...

In a new video, two V&A curators unbox a collection of 19th-century objects common in Victorian mourning traditions.

When weird fungal epidemics crop up in far-flung places, scientists work together to unravel how the microscopic murderers ...

Two 7,000-year-old mummies found in Libya reveal an isolated North African lineage and rewrite the genetic history of the ...

An 18th century Spanish galleon dubbed the "holy grail of shipwrecks" for its storied cache of 11 million gold and silver coins - worth an estimated $20bn (£16bn) - has yielded its first treasures.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong scattered artifacts from an archaeological site along the shore of the Bering Sea. Jimmy Jones with a Yup’ik mask he found on a beach on Alaska’s west coast last month ...

What’s the first thing you notice when you step into a museum? Is it the long-faded colors of ancient artifacts from all around the world or the hushed sounds of visitors discussing what they see?

A newspaper reporter heads to the Louisiana swamps to investigate several strange murders in 1940. It is 1940, and ace newspaper reporter Margo Mason heads to the Louisiana swamps to investigate a ...

Archaeologists are accustomed to finding evidence of funeral practices around the world, but every once in a while, something they find surprises them. This was the case with a recent discovery in ...

The Romanian artist Andra Ursuța’s new show at David Zwirner gallery, “Retina Turner,” consists of 16 large ovoid slabs of cast glass — her Private Dancers. Each encases a spectral, half-formed figure ...

The Jacksonville Jaguars are placing tight end Brenton Strange on injured reserve, meaning he will be out for at least the next four weeks. Strange exited "Monday Night Football" in the second quarter ...