The ruins of the iconic Portara, or gate, still stand on the islet of Palatia, near Naxos. What remains of a temple dedicated ...

Seven Secret Histories," the author and podcaster Carol Woolton takes a close look at jewelry through the ages, and how ...

Nearly 200 years on from first being erected in Place de la Concorde, a French egyptologist has found new messages in the ...

This dog-shaped vessel was likely used for pouring wine, oil or blood in ancient rituals in what is now Italy.

A collection of artefacts collected 2,500 years ago in modern-day Iraq reveal the forgotten world of Mesopotamia, home to ...

Imagine being able to travel back thousands of years, not with a time machine, but through the words our ancestors spoke. It ...

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

An ‘Old Morganian’ from Bridgwater has remembered his school class of 1966 in his latest novel which looks at the history of the Rosetta Stone.

The ecumenical "donation" by the Vatican furthers a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of ...

The cymbals were excavated from a building dating to the third millennium BCE, associated with the Umm an-Nar culture. Though ...