The history of cultural interactions was a complicated web of connections across regions that were formed largely by trade.

Mali has suspended artisanal gold mining activities during the June to September rainy season to protect workers from landslides, the West African country's mines ministry said on Tuesday.

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Similarly, in 2016 the U.S. returned a collection of stolen artifacts to Egypt, including an ancient wooden sarcophagus, a mummy shroud and mummified hand.

"Although the Mexicas preferred green obsidian, the high diversity of obsidian types, mainly in the form of non-ritual artifacts ... can be leveraged to study ancient objects and what they ...

Researchers analyzed 788 obsidian artifacts from Tenochtitlan ... raw materials in pre-Columbian times -- moved across ancient Mesoamerica and shaped life in its capital, Tenochtitlan.

Katie Orlinsky In Bamako, staff at the central storage facility continue the work of cataloging and conserving the medieval manuscripts ... flooding of central Mali’s Niger Delta.

Authorities are seeking the public’s help in finding individuals who desecrated ancient, protected tribal ... Three of those invaluable artifacts, which are located on public but protected ...

Some ancient artifacts are mysteries, but they still indicate trade routes through the mountains. Here's what Norway's glacial archaeologists found in the meltiest part of this past summer.

The University of Richmond recently held a repatriation ceremony to return a collection of ancient pre-Hispanic artifacts to Mexico. The artifacts included a small disc-shaped gaming piece that ...

While archaeologists can search their entire lives for ancient artifacts, sometimes, significant discoveries are made entirely by accident. Trnava University via Unsplash The summaries below were ...