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 ...

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

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

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 ...