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

Spotted from an airplane by remote sensing equipment, a vast and ancient Maya complex was hidden from view for millennia by ...

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

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 ...

The Netherlands will return a 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt three years after the head turned up at an art fair and ...

When most people think about billionaire collections, they picture walls lined with Picassos or garages filled with vintage ...

The 3,500-year-old artifact, likely stolen from Egypt during the Arab Spring in 2011 or 2012, was found at an elite European ...