A rare Stone Age figurine discovered near the Baltic Sea has been confirmed as one of the most significant Neolithic finds in ...

In the shadow of Vesuvius, Pompeii has long offered an unparalleled window into ancient Roman life—but the view has been skewed. For centuries, women ... in frescoes, artifacts, and inscriptions.

Italian police say they chased down a German tourist after spotting him transporting an ancient Roman artifact on a rented e-scooter. Officers apprehended the 24-year-old on Wednesday evening ...

Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some of the ...

Donkeys, sheep, goats, chickens and ducks wander around the courtyard; a dozen women ... copies of ancient wooden statuettes and other ... intercepted 9,500 artifacts from Mali.

While restoring an ancient artifact in Rome, workers uncover an astonishing item hidden inside—something no one expected. The discovery stuns archaeologists and sparks new theories about the ...

Consequently, we suggest that pregnant women who died weren't routinely buried with their unborn child and may not have been commemorated as one, symbiotic unity by Viking societies.

The Niger River narrows as it nears Lake Debo, an inland sea formed by the seasonal flooding of central Mali’s Niger Delta. With sandy banks covered in reeds and tall grass, this stretch of the ...

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have discovered a pyramid-shaped structure and ancient artifacts in the Judean Desert. The finds include papyrus scrolls written in Greek and ...

The University of Richmond recently held a repatriation ceremony to return a collection of ancient pre-Hispanic artifacts to Mexico.

The mining contract, initially signed during Hamid Karzai's presidency in 2008, faced delays due to the presence of an ancient settlement on the mining site. The Mes Aynak mine is located ...