The material begins with premodern ideas of magic, myth and metaphysics. The narrative that “Western” societies tell of the development of the modern world is that the Enlightenment cast off ...
Burglars blew open the doors of the Drents Museum in the northern Dutch city of Assen and stole several archaeological ...
In 2007, after a public competition, the list of the new seven wonders of the modern world was announced: the Colosseum (Italy), Chichen Itza (Mexico), Christ the Redeemer (Brazil) ...
Clues hiding in the details of a 400-year-old map could solve the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke, which scholars have ...
The Chester House Estate in Irchester, Northamptonshire, appeared on BBC Two's Digging for Britain earlier this month, with ...
An exquisitely carved gold helmet from a Thracian tribe is among the ancient artifacts that were stolen from a museum in the ...
The discovery shed new light on just how advanced the civilisation that lived in the ancient city of Petra was.
Addis Ababa officials to demand return of royal and religious artefacts following Benin Bronzes deal with Nigeria ...
Archaeologists believe that the 'world's oldest pyramid' might not have been built by humans. The Djoser Step pyramid is said ...
Responses to a “sad but lovely tale of doomed heirloom dishes.” Also: Protecting federal workers from President Trump. Also: ...
The dinosaur was about as big as a Tyrannosaurus rex and had a unique nasal horn and symmetrical teeth that it used to eat ...
From an animal's tusk, it was worked into a small personal hygiene tool, inscribed with a modest wish, and eventually, ...