While exploring an ancient riverbed filled with rounded sandstone, a man noticed a heavy object that looked completely ...

To pass the time the ancient Greeks played various board and dice games which have been attested to in various sources.

Ancient tombs in Egypt have revealed pottery from the Greek island of Rhodes, offering new evidence of trade and ancient ...

Rajka Pottery bridges ancient South Indian hand-coiling with global modern design. It proves that craft can be both a living archive and a contemporary enterprise.

The monolithic rocks of Nabta Playa were used to guide travelers and forecast rain.

Two discoveries reveal a hidden Byzantine settlement and sealed tombs containing gold amulets.

Museums in Shenzhen mean business, they merge otherworldly architecture, ancient relics, and plenty of interactive exhibits.

An Egyptian archaeological mission has made a significant discovery at the Tell Quesna Necropolis in Menoufia governorate, unearthing a well-preserved funerary complex from the Late and Greco-Roman ...

Together, they form what the institute describes as the world's first ancient ceramic "gene bank" — a database that stores the "DNA" of broken pottery. Jingdezhen city in East China, known as the ...

A fourth-century basilica church and archive of 200 written documents emerged from excavations by archaeologists at the Ain ...

The sacrifice was an elaborate procedure, indicating it was of utmost importance to the highest echelons of ancient society.

Well-preserved fourth-century quarters reveal details of daily life, urban development and economic activities ...