A multitude of mysteries remain unsolved about the ancient Greek world, providing more questions than answers.
New archaeological research is revealing that ... Some evidence suggests that St Michael's Mount in Cornwall may have been a key part of the trade route linking north-west Europe and the ...
With 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Japan is ideal for those who like to explore the historical and environmental aspects of ...
Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...
Ruined castles, buried cities, ancient temples... The Old World is strewn with ancient ruins that tell the countless stories of past civilisations. From the Mediterranean to the far north, these ...
The Israel Antiquities Authority is pushing back against the country's chief rabbis’ objections to the display at the airport ...
Rome has been all gussied up for the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year. An extra 10 million pilgrims are forecast, adding to last year's record of 22 million. More than $8 billion has been spent to ...
Judean Desert Survey Unit, Israel Antiquities Authority The Nahal Zohar excavation is part of an extensive, 8-year operation aimed at preserving archaeological ... in the First Temple period ...
Archaeologists discovered a 2,200-year-old pyramid structure in the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea that featured stones ...
It's highly technical work in what looks more like a lab than a museum: A fragment of a glazed roof tile from Beijing's Forbidden City is analyzed in a state-of-the-art X-ray diffraction machine ...
The camels-decorated 1,200-years-old clay jug. A rare and striking red-painted clay jug, approximately 1,200 years old and used for liquid storage, has been uncovered in excavations led by the ...