The tiny cuts and grooves that decorate some ancient human artifacts are not just pretty accidents, according to some ...

Advanced digital imaging reveals a portrait of an unknown man beneath "Ecce Homo," an oil painting by renowned Renaissance ...

Scent was an important consideration in the mummification process that used oils, waxes and balms to preserve the body and ...

Some scholars trace Valentine's Day back to ancient Greece and the mythical green meadows of Arcadia in the Peloponnese.

The Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology in North China's Shanxi Province has revealed new excavation findings ...

Discover how simple blank jars can become stunning works of art with a little creativity and skill! Watch as ordinary jars ...

Dong Son culture (dated from the seventh century BC to the first – second century AD) was part of the Metal Age in ancient ...

Massive Levantine-Egyptian stone head of a pharaoh, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Likely from a monumental sphinx, wearing royal 'nemes' headdress ...