Archaeologists excavating at Tadım Fortress and Höyük in eastern Turkey have unearthed a remarkable stone seal dating back 7,500 years, pushing evidence of organized settlement in the Elazig region ...

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

The more welcoming side of Medusa turns typical mythology upside down, with the smile likely designed to represent peace and ...

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

New research has shown that water movement in clay-rich soils can lift stone artifacts toward the surface—exerting a natural influence on how archaeological materials are distributed across the ...

Researchers uncovered rare azurite traces on a Final Paleolithic artifact, overturning assumptions that early Europeans used only red and black pigments. The find suggests ancient people possessed ...

A museum devoted to art crafted from human hair drew curious visitors to Independence, Mo., for decades. Now that it has closed, its delicate Victorian wreaths and jewelry are finding new homes. A ...

A museum devoted to art crafted from human hair drew curious visitors to Independence, Mo., for decades. Now that it has closed, its delicate Victorian wreaths and jewelry are finding new homes.

The burial plots were spread over nine separate archaeological sites. Archaeologists uncovered "unusual" Viking burial plots and treasures across a number of archaeolgical sites. Large cremation sites ...

Cairo — Thirty-six historical artifacts illegally removed from Egypt have been recovered from the United States in cooperation with U.S. authorities, Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said ...