Analysis of the contents of ancient embalming pots have helped researchers learn the secret recipes behind mummification. In 2018, archaeologists working at an ancient ...

The analysis of sorbed lipid residues in prehistoric ceramics has provided a powerful new indicator of how vessels were used 6,7,8. Although proteins are more diagnostic of specific foodstuffs ...

The remains of a large rectangular public building, called a stoa, were found in Greece in 2022 as archaeologists explored the ancient sunken city of Salamis. Greek Ministry of Culture ...

Ancient Greece’s biggest port is older than we thought New archaeological discoveries add 500 years to the history of this storied harbor. By J. Besl/Hakai Magazine ...

In this episode: 00:47 Chemical analysis of ancient embalming materials. Mummification was a significant part of ancient Egyptian culture but, despite decades of research, much is unknown about ...

That same year, ancient bronze statues were found in a garbage dump in Tuscany, Italy. In 2013, a 1,800-year-old carved stone head possibly depicting a Roman god found in an ancient trash dump in ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA – New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in southern Greece, the latest repatriation marking ...

Finding statues from ancient Greece not common in country. The trafficking of antiquities from ancient Greece is not new as police continue to investigate other discoveries and road and ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world. The Greeks were great ...