The artifacts, which included amulets and a sculpture, smelled like earth when they spilled out of his suitcases, according ...

The excavation of two Egyptian tombs dating to the Roman period, between 29 B.C.E. and 641 C.E., just unveiled a wealth of ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

If searching for ancient artifacts was an Olympic sport, this tireless team of archeologists would undoubtedly take home the gold! After years of toiling ... It would make sense, then, that this new ...

The police said a man handed over a statue that he said he found in a ... Psychedelic Traces on Ancient Egyptian Mug: Egyptians may have used hallucinogenic substances as part of a fertility ...

Ancient Egyptians believed strongly in the afterlife. Wall painting depicting Osiris (sitting) at Seti I Chapel, the temple at Abydos. Credit: Amice M.Calverley, Alan Gardiner, 1935 CC BY-SA 3.0 The ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ancient metal smelting practices to long-term environmental change Ella ...

The venerable auction house is unloading one-of-a-kind gold necklaces, rings, trinkets and more from ancient Greece, Rome and ...

Greek archaeologists uncovered the almost intact grave in 2018. Credit: Ministry of Culture In 2018, Greek archaeologists uncovered a grave of an ancient noblewoman buried with her gold jewelry on the ...

The statue was found on the outskirts of Gympie in 1966 as a farmer ploughed his field and historians have been trying to ...