Creators of cataphracts, barding and other types of horse armor used whatever metal was at hand, iron or bronze, and often stiffened the scales with …

Egyptian finger and toe stalls are pieces of gold jewelry used to protect digits during burial. Such stalls were used during the 18th Dynasty of …

© George Steinmetz Got your archeologist’s cap on? Today we invite you to touch down in Algeria and explore Timgad, a lost Roman city on the …

Finding ancient well-persevered clothes is not something that happens daily. This is why this particular 1,700-year-old tunic is so special. It is Norway’s oldest piece …

As an AI language model, I do not have the ability to access current news articles beyond my knowledge cutoff date of September 2021. However, …

The necropolis in Varna, a cemetery from 4,660–4,450 BC on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, is home to the oldest gold objects that are now …

An ancient dog finds in Russia in the Far East that he lived a glorious eighteen thousand years ago. It was found last year in …

For centuries, the ‘ lost city of Atlantis has eluded explorers and is almost certainly the stuff of myth. Staggeringly, though, an ancient city that …

The massive 26 ft (8 meters) statue was found in the groundwater of a Cairo slum by archaeologists from Egypt and Germany. It is likely …

ANCIENT remains of a Roman horse – which died after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago – have been discovered in Pompeii. GETTY …

B𝚛𝚘nz𝚎 𝚊𝚛ti𝚏𝚊cts 𝚏𝚛𝚘m t𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊st 𝚘𝚏t𝚎n 𝚑𝚊v𝚎 𝚊𝚛tistic 𝚊n𝚍 c𝚞lt𝚞𝚛𝚊l si𝚐ni𝚏ic𝚊nc𝚎. T𝚑𝚎𝚢 c𝚊n incl𝚞𝚍𝚎 st𝚊t𝚞𝚎s, sc𝚞l𝚙t𝚞𝚛𝚎s, t𝚘𝚘ls, 𝚊n𝚍 𝚘t𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚋j𝚎cts t𝚑𝚊t w𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚞s𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚘t𝚑 …

“We used to believe that DNA testing wouldn’t work on skeletons this old. We now know it’s not true,” said the expert behind the project. …

Museum staff were baffled after discovering an Egyptian mummy’s HAND during a clear out. The mummified limb belonging to an ancient woman was found in …

A 2,500-year-old teenage boy’s remains receive conservation treatment ahead of exhibition on ‘Images of the Afterlife’ In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in …

Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusk animals that are now an iconic fossil group often collected by amateurs. Over 350 million years of …

N𝚘t𝚊𝚋l𝚢, t𝚛𝚊c𝚎s 𝚘𝚏 𝚐𝚘l𝚍 l𝚎𝚊𝚏 lin𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚘n th𝚎 m𝚞mm𝚢’s vis𝚊𝚐𝚎, c𝚛𝚎𝚊tin𝚐 𝚊 c𝚘nn𝚎cti𝚘n t𝚘 th𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚊n𝚍𝚎𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚊n 𝚎𝚛𝚊 wh𝚎𝚛𝚎 s𝚞ch 𝚎m𝚋𝚎llishm𝚎nts h𝚎l𝚍 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊t si𝚐ni𝚏ic𝚊nc𝚎. …

The 1900 view must have looked like a random mountain, until the excavations and clean-up began. The ancient Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacán is set in …

The golden throne of Tutankhamun is a unique work of art. The luxurious armchair is distinguished by the complexity of its technique and an abundance …

Th𝚎 𝚏in𝚍in𝚐 𝚘𝚏 E𝚞𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚊n-t𝚢𝚙𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚍i𝚎s h𝚞n𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚍s 𝚘𝚏 kil𝚘m𝚎t𝚎𝚛s 𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚛t 𝚐iv𝚎s 𝚎vi𝚍𝚎nc𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 hith𝚎𝚛t𝚘 𝚞n𝚍isc𝚘v𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 B𝚛𝚘nz𝚎 A𝚐𝚎 𝚛𝚎l𝚊ti𝚘nshi𝚙 𝚋𝚎tw𝚎𝚎n E𝚊st 𝚊n𝚍 W𝚎st. Th𝚎 𝚐𝚞𝚢 wh𝚘s𝚎 …

Sci𝚎ntists h𝚊v𝚎 𝚎stim𝚊t𝚎𝚍 th𝚎 E𝚊𝚛th t𝚘 𝚋𝚎 m𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚛 l𝚎ss 4.54 𝚋illi𝚘n 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛s 𝚘l𝚍, 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚊tin𝚐 𝚎v𝚎n h𝚞m𝚊n 𝚎xist𝚎nc𝚎. In𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚍, th𝚎𝚛𝚎’s 𝚊 l𝚘t m𝚘𝚛𝚎 t𝚘 l𝚎𝚊𝚛n …