An extraordinary discovery from the ancient world has been making waves in the archaeological community. TheTarkhan Dress, ...

More than five millennia ago, an Egyptian weaver created a simple, tailored linen dress, likely not realizing just how long ...

Ancient Egyptians were not only masters of architecture – they also were the original wizards of synthetic chemistry. Around ...

While searching a construction area in Altenberge, Germany, amateur archaeologists just happened upon a rare blade from the ...

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The earlier ancestors of today’s domestic cats spread from southwest Asia and into Europe as early as 4400 B.C. The cats likely ... carrying their cats along ancient land and sea trade routes ...

From the tombs of pharaohs to Roman frescoes, Egyptian blue adorned everything from sacred artifacts to everyday pottery.

BEIRUT (AP) — A system of thousands of ridges and canals across a floodplain in southern Iraq has long been believed to be the remnant of a massive agricultural system built by slave labor. Now ...

Mastering control of the rising and falling rattan chinlone ball teaches patience, says a veteran of the traditional Myanmar sport -- a quality dearly needed in the long-suffering nation.