A tiny copper-alloy tool long overlooked in a museum collection is reshaping what archaeologists know about the origins of human engineering. Researchers said the artefact shows ancient Egyptians were ...

The ancient world holds secrets that continue to baffle archaeologists, historians, and curious minds today. From cities that ...

Ancient Egyptians truly took this to the next level. The ostraca fragments arguably dealt with mundane matters, such as “tax lists and deliveries… short notes about everyday activities, exercises by ...

Researchers have discovered 30 inscriptions written in Indian languages, which provide new evidence that visitors from India ...

The drill’s chemical composition was also surprising, study co-author Jiří Kmošek noted, as it is made up of an unusual copper alloy containing arsenic, nickel, lead, and silver. A small copper tool ...

I’ve never quite understood why tourists can’t help but write things like, “Gayoung was here.” But archaeological records ...

He turned “cat burglar” into a job description. A 52‑year‑old man has been charged after an Egyptian cat sculpture and “priceless” artifacts were stolen from an Australian history museum, Queensland ...

Top image: A photo of one of the child burials at the Samnite necropolis in Pontecagnano Faiano, Italy. The skeleton is in a pit grave, with a large bronze belt placed over its waist. Source: ...

The daily life in Ancient Greece revolved around work, family, education, and religion, shaping a civilization that still influences world.

The engravings and drawings are divided into several groups, researchers learned in their initial study of the space, the oldest of which are done in red and dated to between 10,000 and 5,500 BCE. A ...

An Egyptian mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has uncovered a group of rock-cut tombs dating back to the Old Kingdom at the Qubbet Al-Hawa site in Aswan, adding to Egypt’s rich ...