Researchers around the world are wondering what exactly is hidden behind the mysterious iron door with the image of two cobras protecting it in the Hindu temple of Padmanabhaswami in India. This door does not have locks, bolts, latches or any other locks.
The 4,000-year-old Assyrian marriage contract.Credit: Turp, AB. et al. Gynecological Endocrinology, 2017Kim Kardashian made headlines recently for using a surrogate to carry her unborn child, but the practice of surrogacy — albeit in a different form — is
This statue of a bodhisattva (an individual who seeks enlightenment) is one of over 260 statues that was discovered buried near the cremated remains of what an inscription says is the Gautama Buddha (also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Sākyamuni Buddha or s
The north entrance of the Palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete.Credit:Andrei Nekrassov|ShutterstockThe Palace of Knossos is located just south of modern-day Heraklion near the north coast of Crete. Built by a civilization that we call theMinoans
IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE, THE LATIN WORD CASTRUM WAS A BUILDING OR AREA OF LAND USED AS A FORTIFIED MILITARY CAMP. A CASTRUM COULD BE APPLIED TO VARIOUS FORTIFICATIONS FROM A LARGE LEGIONARY FORTRESS, AUXILIARY FORTS TO TEMPORARY MARCHING CAMPS.
A show opening at the Sackler dramatizes the various meanings that the people of Egypt once associated with cats
This 2,000-year-old wooden chariot was buried alongside the remains of two horses and a dog, as well as the remains of a nobleman from Thrace, in what is now Bulgaria.Credit: UBB/Veselin IgnatovThe photo of an ancient Thracian chariot alongside the bones
Click toVisit the VideoArchaeologists discovered the theater-like structure during a recent excavation beneath Wilson's arch in the tunnels of the Western Wall. The team was hoping to find artifacts that would help them date Wilson's arch — a structure ma
Gilt bronze finials in the shape of mythical beasts inlaid with glass. After toppling its adversary, a dynasty of 2,200 years ago paid due respect to the ways of its predecessorQin, whose first emperor united China for the first time, and Han, the dynasty
Jade shroud sewn with gold wires, jade burial pillow with gilt bronze frame, all for Dou Wan. The burial garb of a regal woman who left barely a trace has crowds gaspingFor one who was given such an ostentatious sendoff when she died, the most surprising
Bronze wine retriever with birdshaped handle (left); gilt bronze elephant and groom. The people had an eye on heaven and a hand on the present, being masters of art and nation buildingChiming music rings out. Women with willowy waists dance, throwing thei
For 3,000 years, cuneiform was the primary means of communication in the Middle East and Mediterranean.
An Iraqi archaeologist braved ISIS snipers and booby-trapped ruins to rescue cultural treasures in the city and nearby legendary Nineveh and Nimrud
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in November 2012, President Xi Jinping has put forward a series of major discourses on promoting the inheritance and innovation of excellent traditional Chinese culture, which shows the Part
China's major archaeological discoveries were selected from the list of significant archaeological finds announced by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) from 2011 to 2016.Each year, 10 significant finds are selected from a group of candi
