The artifacts, which included amulets and a sculpture, smelled like earth when they spilled out of his suitcases, according ...

Massive Levantine-Egyptian stone head of a pharaoh, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Likely from a monumental sphinx, wearing royal 'nemes' headdress ...

Rare and exceptional artworks and relics from the world’s most acclaimed cultures will cross the auction block along with ...

While still a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient ...

A prize offered by an Indian state leader is intended to shed light on a Bronze Age civilization — and settle a cultural ...

An overview of Ancient Greek art, including painting, sculpture and architecture, and a look at how it changed over the years ...

In a celebration of cultural exchange, the Egyptian and Qatari Culture Ministries, in coordination with the Egyptian Embassy ...

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

Zahi Hawass describes some of the private tombs of the Old Kingdom, built in the expectation of continuing needs in the ...

from lining walls to serve as a fire retardant for Mesopotamians to a plaster popular for use in the construction of pyramids by the ancient Egyptians. And, apparently, for the Romans covering ...

Four ancient gold artefacts were stolen from a Dutch museum in an overnight raid in the early hours of Saturday morning. Thieves used explosives to blast their way into the Drents Museum in Assen ...