History buffs in Mumbai have a great opportunity to go back in time at St Xavier’s College. The institute’s Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology (AIHC&A) is hosting an ...

The ancient Greek god Momus, the personification of mockery and sharp criticism, so enraged Zeus that he kicked him out of ...

Anthropology and Archaeology Professor Andrew Scherer explores social and ritual contexts of precolonial Mayan violence.

A centuries-old Spanish galleon and its booty remain on the ocean floor while Spain, Colombia, Indigenous groups and American ...

Roughly 5,500–6,000 years ago, the area including present-day Finland was inhabited by hunter-fisher-gatherers living in ...

Zahi Hawass recounts his rise in the new documentary The Man With the Hat, gracefully sidestepping the controversies that ...

In a study published in the Journal of Historical Geography, researchers Dr. Chris McCarthy and his colleagues have ...

In a release, officials described the find as a “high-status grave containing two individuals buried alongside a fully harnessed horse, weapons and personal items.” ...

As for the statues long assumed to have been abandoned as they were being transported to the coastline to be displayed in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Two artifacts found at a lake shore in Greece are the oldest wooden tools to be uncovered so far and date ...

However, it is not from either war. It was a little-known encounter — the largest cavalry engagement in the American Revolution — that took place in Gloucester County in October 1781, just 16 days ...

A guided walkthrough of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden showcases artifacts from ancient Egypt, the Near East, and the classical world. The collection includes statues, sarcophagi, inscriptions ...