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, ...

Researchers have uncovered compelling evidence that Neanderthals repeatedly deposited horned animal skulls in a Spanish cave over thousands of years, suggesting a culturally transmitted ritual ...

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

High in the Peruvian Andes, a serrated stripe of pits cuts across a barren hillside, so regular and extensive that early ...

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

The NAM in Athens has reached into its vaults and unveiled octopus-themed artifacts from burials on Crete dating to the Late ...

The discovery of exoplanet PSR J2322-2650b reveals how unusual other worlds can be. This exoplanet takes just 7.8 hours to ...

Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowledge” perhaps developed to share land and ...

The British Museum is looking to hire a dedicated sleuth to help recover the Greek and Roman artifacts that were stolen from ...

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