The recently restored Ponte Sant’Angelo in Rome features 10 angels holding symbols of Christ’s passion, creating a profound ...

From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about ...

Archaeologists located a functioning entrance to the 4,300-year-old prince’s tomb and found several rooms inside, officials said. One chamber had a large offering table made of ...

There are two additional puzzles found inside the Tomb in Blue Prince: the ruby socketed candlesticks and natural order of ...

Archaeological excavations launched in 2022 in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem have yielded significant data ...

Savannah, Georgia, a city renowned for its Spanish moss-draped oaks and historic charm, holds within its embrace two unique ...

On a roadtrip through sleepy towns and coastal waterways, Tayari Jones unveils a history more relevant than ever.

In modern-day Turkey, a cemetery dating to the early Bronze Age ... Turkey’s southeastern Siirt province at the margins of the ancient region of Mesopotamia. Between roughly 3100 and 2800 ...

Pompeii Archaeological Park Two nearly life-size statues have been discovered inside a cemetery in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 C.E. Experts think ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have made the astonishing discovery of two life-sized relief sculptures of a man and ... on the boundary wall of a monumental ancient tomb. “The delicacy and detail ...

The Agoge prepared Spartan boys for a life of military service. Credit: Jona Lendering / Wikimedia Commons CC0 Ancient Sparta has been known for centuries around the world for its meticulous and harsh ...

NOBEOKA, Miyazaki -- One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi temple in this southwestern Japan city was purified ...