Makeup is often seen as modern glamour, but its story is ancient — a language of identity, power, protection, and ritual that ...

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 ...

Archaeologists uncovered a rare smiling Medusa in the ancient Hellenistic city of Amastris, revealing a gentle twist on the ...

A crown was left with the deceased, but its position indicated her reign may not have ended the way she would have liked.

Today, the Arabian Gulf is home to manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs that shape the seafloor as they graze on ...

Artist Josh Garrick, known for his striking photo prints of Greek antiquities, died this fall. Friends will celebrate his life in Orlando.

The boat’s uniqueness lies in its construction: it was built entirely of wood without any metal components or joints.

The discovery of the settlements over the years has led to a new understanding of the Asia Minor and Anatolia regions.

The chance rediscovery of the ancient Chinese Sanxingdui civilization is legendary in and of itself. In 1929, an unsuspecting peasant in Sichuan province stumbled upon a cache of jade relics while ...

Researchers uncovered rare azurite traces on a Final Paleolithic artifact, overturning assumptions that early Europeans used ...

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

Staff at France's Louvre Museum plan to strike from December 15 over pay and conditions, the stoppage adding to a catalogue ...