The geology itself was formed over 700,000 years ago by a volcanic eruption, hence the name. The petroglyphs feature several ...

A 5,000-year-old winepress and ritual objects discovered near Israel's Megiddo, reveals ancient religious and winemaking practices.

Spotted from an airplane by remote sensing equipment, a vast and ancient Maya complex was hidden from view for millennia by forest and fields before it was made public in 2020. Five years on, ...

The archaeologists that found the stone-paved chamber, located inside a hilltop fort in Scotland, still aren’t sure exactly ...

The 1.2kg piece of marble—a trapezoidal fragment carved with lotus flowers- was repatriated to Greece last summer. Credit: ...

We've feasted on them, built economies around them and in some places nearly erased them from our coasts. Today, 85% of the ...

A remarkable discovery in Crete has reinvigorated debate over the origins behind the ancient Greek myth of the labyrinth.

CAIRO (AP) — In an extravaganza of pharaonic imagery with a drone light show depicting ancient gods and pyramids in the sky, ...

Pre-construction archaeological work at Benin City, Nigeria. Excavation of two building plots for the Museum of West African Art, Benin City, Nigeria, provides new perspectives on the Kingdom of Benin ...

After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal. The ...

From the banks of the Nile to the grand halls of museums across Europe, Egypt’s ancient wonders continue to capture imaginations everywhere. Over time, many of these masterpieces have traveled far ...

When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object's owner authorized ...