This ancient Roman stylus may have been the equivalent of today's joke souvenir.Credit: MOLAThe tradition of buying cheap, joke souvenirs for your loved ones while traveling dates back at least two millennia.During an archaeological excavation at a Roman-
A geomagnetic look at Reccopolis in 2015.Credit: Copyright Antiquity Publications Ltd; Photograph by J. Henning and E. Fikrit Eyub; Henning, J. et al. Antiquity 2019.Archaeologists have detected long-hidden features of a Visigothic city in Spain, includin
Conservators and archaeologists complete conservation work of the wall paintings in the burial chamber of King Tut's tomb in the spring of 2016.Credit: copyright J. Paul Getty TrustConservators have finally completed a decade-long restoration of the tomb
This stone mask was found in a field in the West Bank.Credit: Clara Amit/Israel Antiquities AuthorityWith oval-shaped holes for eyes and a small ridge for a nose, the mask resembles something a 1970s hockey goalie (or Jason in "Friday the 13th")
These mosaics would have covered the floor of a second-century latrine in the city of Antiochia ad Cragum in what is now Turkey.Credit: Antiochia ad Cragum ExcavationsAs men relieved themselves at the public toilets in the coastal city of Antiochia ad Cra
Standing in the entrance to Raqefet Cave, where they found evidence for the oldest man-made alcohol in the world, are, from left, Dani Nadel, Li Liu, Jiajing Wang and Hao Zhao.Credit: Li LiuThe world's oldest beer may have been brewed for a funeral 13,000
Credit: Syrian Human Rights ObservatoryRecent Turkish airstrikes on the Kurdish-held Afrin region of northern Syria have damaged an ancient temple, with 3,000-year-old stone carvings "blasted into fragments," a watchdog group says.The American S
Ain DaraCredit: Syrian Human Rights ObservatoryThe 3,000-year-old temple of Ain Dara in Syria has reportedly been badly damaged by airstrikes between Jan. 20 and 22, 2018.Before damageCredit: Michael DantiAin Dara is located northwest of Aleppo, near Syri
The ruins of a 1,500-year-old church were unearthed during salvage excavations in Israel.Credit: Israel Antiquities AuthorityThe remains of a 1,500-year-old monastery and church, complete with a colorful mosaic floor, have been unearthed in Israel.The Isr
Divers have discovered the remains of three Roman-era shipwrecks, along with a votive bark likely dedicated to the god Osiris, off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt.Credit: Egypt Ministry of AntiquitiesThree Roman-era shipwrecks have been uncovered just off
A vivid, turquoise-colored carving from ancient Egypt has been returned to a Berlin museum more than 70 years after it was thought to have been lost during World War II.
This July, archaeologists in Jordan will begin an underwater search for remains of an early Islamic city.
Egyptian authorities say they caught looters digging up an ancient stone block carved with an image of a pharaoh.
A librarian in England has stumbled upon a rare page from the early days of book printing.
Just like spectators at modern-day sporting events, people who attended ancient Roman gladiator fights would have gotten hungry and might have even wanted to shop for little souvenirs.
Archaeologists say they've discovered the 3,000-year-old tomb of a royal Egyptian scribe in the vast necropolis at ancient Thebes.
A month after retaking control of Palmyra, the Islamic State group (also called ISIS or Daesh) has allegedly committed new destruction and executions in the ancient Syrian city.
Archaeologists in Israel say they've discovered elements of a sophisticated gatehouse at a mining camp that dates back to the biblical era of King David and King Solomon in the 10th century B.C.
Death during pregnancy or childbirth would have been common in the ancient world, but these stories are often invisible in the archaeological record. However, in a new study of ancient DNA, researchers reported evidence of a woman who died of a pregnancy
Archaeologists say they've found evidence of a battlefield from the Roman emperor Titus' siege of Jerusalem in A.D. 70.
Researchers used 3D technology to digitally reconstruct a wealthy home in Pompeii, showing how it might have looked before Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79.Credit: Lund UniversityArchaeologists have digitally reconstructed a house in Pompeii to show what
The Israel Antiquities Authority announced that excavations in Shlomi, a town near the Lebanon border, have revealed a ceramic factory where storage jars and vessels for wine and oil would have been made 1,600 years ago. Archaeologists working at the site
搜索复制Fourni, which is a collection of small islands near Turkey, was a popular anchorage and navigational point for Aegean crossing routes. Usually it was safe for ships, but over thousands of years, storms inevitably claimed some vessels, like this wooden
