As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

Many mummies from ancient Egypt also have tattoos, as do remains from cultures around the world.

A team of archaeologists has discovered an ancient labyrinthine system of tunnels hidden beneath the Peruvian city of Cusco, a former Inca stronghold nestled in the Andes mountains. The tunnel ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent The Derveni Papyrus, named for the ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural ...

The first, “peaceful,” Vapheio gold cup showing a man capturing a bull. Credit: Zde/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0 The pair of stunning gold cups, called the “Vapheio Cups,” are considered ...

The archaeological park of Herculaneum in Campania, Italy, has reopened one of its most spectacular ancient dwellings for four months only, as part of ongoing efforts to ramp up visitor numbers ...

Here’s how it works. An ancient and enigmatic stone circle in the Middle East may not be a prehistoric astronomical observatory after all, according to a new study of satellite images.

2024 was a landmark year for the art world, with museums around the globe ... for round two in 2025 - and this time, it’s all about ancient Egypt. The exhibition is bringing together over ...

But using ice cores and other ancient data points allows scientists to peer much deeper into the past, and establish that the climate today is likely warmer than it has been in 120,000 years.

This iconic gold funerary mask was found in the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in 1922. Crafted around 1323 BCE, it is inlaid with semi-precious stones and glass, reflecting the opulence of ancient ...