A discovery in Spain shows that ancient people in the Iberian Peninsula were making objects out of iron from meteorites. Two unusual pieces found in the Treasure of Villena were made from this ...

Archaeologists found evidence of a previously unknown Roman-era administrative center in present-day Switzerland. Experts believe this settlement was crucial for commerce and record-keeping—all part ...

This ancient artifact holds secrets lost for over a millennium.

Excavations ahead of hospital construction in Constanța revealed 34 graves inside a necropolis from the ancient city of Tomis ...

For over a century researchers have debated strange spiral drill marks found in granite artifacts across ancient Egyptian sites. Detailed measurements suggest these holes were cut at speeds hundreds ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...

Egypt recovered 36 ancient artifacts from the United States, authorities announced on Thursday, in the latest effort to reclaim its ancient heritage as tens of thousands of antiquities are believed to ...