A team of Washington State University-led researchers has recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian ...

A system of thousands of ridges and canals across a floodplain in southern Iraq has long been believed to be the remnant of a ...

In the shadow of Vesuvius, archaeologists discovered a pocket-sized bronze sundial in the shape of a ham in the summer of ...

The oldest representation of the night sky and our Milky Way galaxy was found in an Egyptian sarcophagus, revealing ancient ...

Kadist showcases Naomi Rincón Gallardo’s marvelously otherworldly videos. While it may be the artist’s first U.S. solo exhibition, the Mexico City and Oaxaca-based artist’s work has been show ...

"Both cultures placed deep emphasis on unity, spirituality, and the afterlife," Xue notes. "Egyptians imagined a glorious ...

Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses I sat longer at Emory University than he did on the throne. His presumptive remains now lay encased in glass at Egypt’s Luxor Museum, a simple cloth draped from his ...

through the study of ancient obsidian artifacts. Obsidian, a volcanic glass highly valued for its sharp edges and symbolic significance, was a crucial material for tools, weapons, and ceremonial ...

A vandal has sparked outrage after being filmed spray painting a penis onto a wall at an ancient Peruvian UNESCO site. In footage, the man was seen spraying the crude graffiti on one of the ...

A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

What it tells us about the past: This amulet, shaped like a scarab beetle, was discovered in the tomb of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman ... Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.