Before coins and paper bills, people used all kinds of strange things to trade for goods and services. Over time, humans have ...

Nearly two decades ago, researchers discovered a large tomb complex in Spain dating to between 3,200 and 2,200 years ago. The ...

Experts in Denmark initially overlooked the “unusual” Roman item because it was buried with “enough weapons for a small army.” ...

New sites and artifacts are found all the time, revealing forgotten secrets of the past. Here are some of the latest discoveries: In the heart of Rome, a dazzling blue material dating back 2,000 years ...

When Alessandro Michele was growing up in Rome in the 1970s, one of his favorite pastimes was to rummage through his mother’s ...

The artifact emerged from the ruins of an ancient Roman building-turned-workshop in Sicily from the second or first century ...

On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek man went to the police with an unusual object that he said he had found in a ...

A Roman-era cemetery, found ahead of a construction project in England, holds an unusual burial at its center.

September 2025 - 10 days for £3,850 per person. Uncover the fascinating history of Morocco through prehistoric, Bronze Age and Roman archaeological finds as you journey from Casablanca to Marrakech ...

The Lycurgus Cup, an ancient Roman feat of pioneering nanotechnology in the fourth century exhibited at the British Museum. Credit: The British Museum/ X (formerly Twitter) The mysterious Lycurgus Cup ...

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