Carthaginian bronze coins discovered earlier in Norway have revealed ancient trade secrets and the illegal sale of Punic ...

Families in East Macon enjoyed hands-on history at Fort Hawkins' 20th Archaeology Day, engaging with artifacts, ...

Centuries ago, the Nile River split into two and inadvertently created an island—fulfilling a piece of ancient Egyptian mythology.

A whole library’s worth of papyri owned by Julius Caesar’s father-in-law were turned to charcoal by the eruption of Vesuvius.

In just six months, researchers used artificial intelligence to double the number of known geoglyphs in southern Peru’s ...

While filming the first episode of her show “Hidden Wonders”, TV personality Sandi Toksvig and Bournemouth University ...

The inscription reading " Clemes Stam " connects this burial artifact to one of Europe's most prestigious swordmaking centers during the Renaissance period. The sword emerged from the ruins of the ...

Turns out, ancient body art is a lot more common than we once thought—and it's providing historians with new ways of understanding our ancestors. Archaeologist Aaron Deter-Wolf, pictured in his office ...

Hundreds of gold and silver coins, along with jewelry and other artifacts, have been found in the Czech Republic at what ...

Greece, fifth century b.c. To accommodate the sculpture, Phidias raised the height of the cella. He also installed a large rectangular pool filled with olive oil in front of the statue. Since the ...

The Greek city of Rhodes emerged victorious from a yearlong siege by the Macedonian noble Demetrius Poliorcetes in 304 b.c. To commemorate their city’s resilience, the Rhodians built a towering bronze ...

In the heart of Quinhagak, a storm's fury unearthed secrets long held by the permafrost, leaving a tapestry of history ...