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
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
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
