Archaeologists believe that the stylus was carved to resemble a herm, a type of sculpture in ancient Greece that was often ...

Discovered in a First Dynasty tomb in Saqqara, the Sabu Disk is one of the most puzzling artifacts from ancient Egypt. Made ...

Archaeologists working at an ancient burial site in Bahrain have made a remarkable discovery that is shedding new light on the mysterious Dilmun civilization. A rare 3,300-year-old faience mask was ...

Lara Croft returns in Tomb Raider: Sacred Artifacts #1, on sale January 14th from Dark Horse Comics. After Croft Manor burns, ...

In Earth's fossil record, soft-bodied organisms like jellyfish rarely stand the test of time. What's more, it's hard for any ...

There was likely a familial relation between two of the fallen warriors—father and son—but the third body’s tie to the two ...

The oldest known cremation pyre in Africa is shedding light on the complex funeral rites of ancient hunter-gatherers 9,500 years ago.

Wind farm construction in Suffolk revealed a lost Anglo-Saxon village with 62-foot longhouses. The medieval settlement was abandoned in 1300s, archaeologists say.

Imagine stumbling upon an object so strange, so impossible to explain, that it throws everything you thought you knew about ...

Archaeologists excavating a mysterious medieval cemetery in Wales have uncovered compelling evidence that the burial ground was part of an early female religious community. The discovery of a possible ...

National Geographic Explorer Peter Campbell provides an inside look at the early stages of a heritage crime investigation. Peter Campbell examines a Gandharan stucco head of a bodhisattva, an ...

Known as a kore, this 2,500 year-old-statue is a fusion of ancient aesthetics and a symbol of cultural exchange between the Greeks and the Etruscans.