Everyday life inAncient Athensof the Hellenistic era was more exciting than in most ancient cities mainly due to the fact that Greeks had theater, great philosophers, were involved in politics, many were into athletics, and had developed the art of the di
In a 5,000 year-old jar, archaeologists discovered the remnants of wineDeep inside Monte Kronio, hot, humid and sulfurous caves held an ancient secret.(Giuseppe Savino, La Venta Esplorazioni Geografiche, CC BY-ND)This article was originally published on F
This graffiti, recently discovered on the wall of a Pompeii house, suggests that Mount Vesuvius blew its top in the autumn of A.D. 79, not in August as some had thought.Credit: Pompeii Parco ArcheologicoGraffiti scribbled on the wall of a Pompeii house th
Photo shows a piece of pottery shaped as a female head at the Bengbu Museum in East China's Anhui province.A mysterious piece of pottery shaped as a female head sends a smile from 7,300 years ago, as its host museum in East China's Anhui province starts a
Final resting placeCredit: Photo courtesy Chinese Cultural RelicsArchaeologists in China have uncovered the tomb of a 900 year-old "Grand Lady," as writing found in her tomb calls her, in China. The inner coffin of the Grand Lady is shown here.
Stonehenge exhibition illustrates apparent hiatus in flow of people and ideas
A group of archaeologists from Italy examined the remains of those who died as a result of the eruption of the volcano Vesuvius in 79 AD and found out that most of them had a head blast. Their research is published in the scientific journal Plos One.The e
This Bronze Age hand has a gold cuff. Next to it, sit a dagger, a bronze pin and a spiraled hair ornament. The two gold flakes likely came from the metal hand.Credit: Copyright Philippe Joner/Archaeological Service of the Canton of BernTreasure hunters in
This miniature artwork shows Pope Joan, who has just given birth to an infant during a Church procession.Credit: The New York Public LibraryMedieval legends claim that Pope Joan was the first and only female pope. And now, an analysis of ancient silver co
New painting and calligraphy galleries in Liaoning Provincial Museum have lifted the veil on dozens of rarely seen national treasuresThere are just 85 stars up there, but my how they shine!Those stars, Chinese paintings on display in a new section of the
A large Roman water-mill collection in France didn’t supply its adjacent city, as assumed. Andrew Masterson reports.
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
This is a geological amber sample from Cuchía, analysed as part of the study.Credit: M. Murillo-Barroso and Alvaro Fernandez FloresAmber and other unusual materials such as jade, obsidian and rock crystal have attracted interest as raw materials for the m
The Smithsonian’s elegant Haliphat of Palmyra and the blue-eyed Miriam from Yemen raise awareness of the illegal trade in and destruction of antiquities
Archaeologists from China and Great Britain came to the conclusion that before the state of Yin, which is considered the first ancient Chinese state formation, there was an ancient developed civilization. Its representatives were able to erect complex eng
