The repatriation of African art is gaining momentum, but a number of highly important and symbolic pieces remain in the hands ...

The power of Ramses III spread over key routes and was marked by rock inscriptions in his name—one has been found in Wadi Rum ...

During the sixth millennium B.C.E., carvers in present-day Sweden etched patterns into the artifact before redecorating it in ...

According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to see who would be ruler of Egypt. During the fight, Seth mut ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in traditional white shawls chant in the ancient ...

The recent war in Ethiopia's Tigray region left many disabled veterans without the care they need. Health facilities across ...

"I didn't expect to make such a big discovery, but the moment I saw this item, I just knew it could be something valuable." Two metal detectorists were recently searching a beach along the Baltic Sea ...

Scientists have unveiled the oldest woolly mammoth specimen ever discovered in North America as part of a major DNA study spanning a million years of mammoth evolution.

The artifacts were described as an ancient weapon kit that appeared to be in mint condition. While some of the findings were broken, there were others that were perfectly preserved for thousands of ...

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the Lower Palaeolithic – or Early Stone Age – saw the emergence of stone and bone tool production among ancient hominid species. However, ivory artifacts don’t appear in the archaeological ...