• 'Monumental' building complex discovered at Qantir in Egypt's Nile Delta
A mortar pit with children's footprints still preserved was also uncovered at the site
A mortar pit with children's footprints still preserved was also uncovered at the site
Bridging three periods of income inequality, the gravestone of a former slave finds a new home
The site of Khirbet Qumran (a modern Arabic name) is located in the West Bank, near the northern edge of the Dead Sea, and is the place where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in nearby caves 70 years ago.
On a small island in Kuwait, archaeologists have discovered a jewellery workshop containing 3,500 year old semiprecious stones.
Mummified potentate and wife were found in burial mound 42 metres in diameter, and they went to the next life alongside 9 geldings, saddled and harnessed.
Life after death for the Ancient Egyptian elite included lots, and lots, of food
Roman British skeleton found buried face down in Northamptonshire has tongue mutilation seemingly unique for the period
Hadrian and his travels have often served as the guiding thread for my own travels. However, my recent trip to Turkey had a different focus, the Hittite civilization, with one of the highlights being a visit to the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ank
The recent discovery of the grave of an ancient soldier is challenging accepted wisdom among archaeologists
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.
Artifacts from the Erbil Civilization Museum
Most, if not all, of our readership knows about the intentional destruction of ancient artifacts, buildings, mosques, shrines, and the contents of Mosul museum contents by the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
More than 600 wooden coffins at Egyptian Museum in Cairo to be documented and restored by team of conservationists
Archaeological surface survey and cleaning works in the ancient site of Kızılkoyun and the outskirts of a historic castle in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa’s Haleplibahçe district have unearthed 133 inns and five mosaics.
Ancient Egyptians who buried their deceased kin in pots may have chosen the burial vessels as symbols of the womb and rebirth, scientists argue in a new paper.