Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 2,600-year-old pot containing gold jewellery and statuettes of a family of gods at an ...

Clay figurines found on top of the remnants of a pyramid in what is now El Salvador might have been used in public ceremonies ...

The bone tools date from more than a million years before our species, Homo sapiens, arose around 300,000 years ago.

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 2,600-year-old pot full of gold jewelry, including a rare statuette that depicts a ...

Deep in a trench in Tanzania, researchers found dozens of tools crafted from animal bones some 1.5 million years old.

Residents of an English town gathered on Tuesday (March 4) to play a traditional soccer game with a twist – there are ...

The elite women of ancient Greece and Rome regularly used cosmetics, a custom that was adopted from the ancient Egyptians.

Since the dawn of civilizations—and perhaps even earlier—humanity has had no choice but to reach agreements with its ...

Who invented makeup? While no single person did, the first recorded use traces back to ancient Egypt, where beauty was a mix ...

Smith, the Warburg Institute has assembled tarot decks through the ages. (Just don’t ask about ancient Egyptian sources.) ...

Gold and metal rings, gold-plated beads and statuettes were found inside, officials said, including a three-piece of gods Amun, Mut and Khonsu. There were other pieces showing god ...