Located in Fustat (Old Cairo), the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) is like no other. The museum is dedicated ...

Four new bodies have been discovered at Pompeii. A unique archaeological find in their house illuminated their final moments.

The concept of “virtual unwrapping” first gained attention when this imaging method was used on the En-Gedi Scroll, an ...

A new study argues that ancient rattles unearthed in Syria aren’t musical instruments, but toys used to entertain infants.

In the hills of southern Etruria, in what is now northern Lazio (Italy), lived the enigmatic Falisci (in Faliscan language ...

The Rosetta Stone is a slab of ancient stone that bears identical text inscribed in three different writing systems: ...

Two recently discovered ancient gold rings set with garnets reveal how Greek trends and customs became part of life in ...

all disappeared from Western Europe today.” a) worked objects; b) unworked bone fragments, including a fin whale bone, Santa Catalina. (Uko Gorter/CC0-1.0) The equipment lacks any sign of marine ...

The scrolls in question, stored in a library in a Roman villa that is thought to have belonged to the father-in-law of Julius ...

Bright white buildings, sunlit hills, delicious cuisine, and ancient ruins scattered throughout the city—these are just some ...

Traces of drug use go back to ancient times with research showing that the Greeks and Romans used and sometimes abused ...

Rare and exceptional artworks from the world’s most acclaimed civilizations are set to cross the auction block, including ...