Ancient written sources record that when Alexander the Great returned to Mesopotamia from the Indus Valley around 324 b.c., he founded a strategic new port in the region, known as Alexandria on the ...

A beautifully crafted sword was among the many extraordinary burial objects—including knives, spears, brooches, […] ...

These figures stood in stark contrast to those the visitors had seen in the exquisite painting of a Dionysian initiation at a recent party in an opulent seaside villa. Holding a wine glass in one hand ...

Around 4,600 years ago, a Neolithic Chinese civilization known as the Shijiahe culture flourished in the Middle Yangtze ...

Inca polities on Peru’s south coast,” says Bongers. “They were particularly famous for their mercantile activity.” The Band ...

A team of archaeologists and speleologists have identified underground aqueduct tunnels and natural springs that supplied ...

According to a report in Haaretz, archaeologists have discovered two small pieces of hide connected by a cord in Cougar ...

Excavated erdstall passage, Reinstedt, Germany Medieval horseshoe and ceramic fragments. REINSTEDT, GERMANY—According to a La ...

According to an RTÉ report, a burial pit containing the remains of at least 10 people, likely young men buried after a battle or a mass execution, was uncovered in eastern England by a team from ...

A diver recovers an amphora from a Roman shipwreck off the coast of Puglia, Italy. PUGLIA, ITALY—ANSA reports that a Roman shipwreck carrying a cargo of amphoras was discovered ...