The Benin Bronzes, taken from what is now Nigeria, have become a symbol in the effort to return looted artifacts to their ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem recently discovered a massive Hanukkah-era wall from an ancient power struggle between Hasmonean ...

If you’re building out a longer itinerary, pair the park with kid favorites like Camden’s Adventure Aquarium, Philadelphia’s ...

For the Ancient Greeks, beards signaled age, status, and virtue, turning these into symbols of masculinity, honor, and social control.

In a quiet corner of rural France, archaeologists have just uncovered a buried fortune: three ceramic jugs packed with around ...

When the early Earth’s magma ocean crystallized 4.4 billion years ago, the deep mantle trapped an ocean’s worth of water, ...

New research led by the British Museum has found evidence of the world’s oldest human fire-making activity in Barnham, ...

What if we took a moment to revisit the historical record and teachings of Jesus and posited that he was most likely not the ...

The Hjortspring boat carried warriors on an attempted attack of a Danish island over 2,000 years ago. Archaeologists have new ...

Despite their seemingly secular modern-day iteration — featuring wine, chocolate or other products — Advent calendars ...

From ancient Rome to medieval Spain to Renaissance Venice, generations of mariners have relied on biscotti as a source of ...