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Advanced imaging technology has uncovered dozens of previously hidden pieces of ancient graffiti etched into the walls of a ...

Gambling, one of the most common vices in the world, has a long history that dates all the way back to Ancient Greece.

The Greek goddess Chimera, was a monstrous composition of disparate parts that embodied an ancient fear of females.

These thirty remarkable discoveries from 2024-2025 represent only a fraction of the archaeological treasures emerging from soil, sand, and sea around the world. Each find adds another piece to the ...

In southern Spain, researchers have uncovered a 5,000-year-old fortress unlike anything seen before. But the biggest surprise wasn’t its ancient walls — it was the body of a Roman soldier buried ...

The Hjortspring boat was essentially a very large canoe used in an ancient raid. In the 4th century BC, several boats ...

People have worshipped god since the beginning of recorded time. Some have been demigods, or half-human, or semi-divine.

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Found in an elite military hoard, this "once-in-a-lifetime" discovery challenges what we know about Iron Age warfare.

-Amanda Seyfried wore an archival Tiffany evening watch from the 1950s at Critics’ Choice. She has quickly become a red ...