Help wanted - treasure hunter. That's the gist of what the British Museum is looking for in a new hire. The institution is still reeling from a heist discovered there more than two years ago. Hundreds ...

The Naples Depot Museum is reopening on Jan. 14 after being closed since Hurricane Ian in September 2022. Restoration of the historic building cost over $1.26 million, funded primarily by Collier ...

Off the coast of Marseille, National Geographic Explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau hauled up thousands of ancient clay vessels—and showed what fantastic discoveries modern scuba gear made possible. This ...

Once again, it has been great year for archeology and historical research. Groundbreaking discoveries were made all over the globe, from Egypt’s Valley of the Kings and the ruins of Pompeii to the ...

Archaeologists discovered artifacts for sale in a thrift shop. They decided to create a college course on what to do about them. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Whether through thorough excavations or accidental discoveries, archaeology has unveiled a wide array of ancient civilisations, cultures and traditions across the globe. Buried beneath layers of time, ...

A Result of the Museum’s Proactive Provenance Research, in Collaboration With the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Return Marks the Museum’s First Repatriation Under the Smithsonian’s Shared Stewardship and ...

A collection of Inuit artifacts returned by the Vatican will be displayed at the Canadian Museum of History on December 9, according to reporting from AP. The artifacts were included in a collection ...

Nearly 2,000 years after a devastating volcanic eruption destroyed and entombed a thriving Roman city, researchers are turning to the novel technique of digital archaeology to reveal the “lost Pompeii ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas, will hold a reopening ceremony Saturday at 10 a.m. for its newly remodeled George H.W. Bush Gallery, with free ...

Alexander the Great, leading his forces against the retreating Persian army led by Darius III at the Battle of Issus in 333 BC, detail of a mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompeii; in the National ...

The theft follows major heists at the Louvre and the Oakland Museum of Art. Visitors walk in front of the Lion of al-Lat, an ancient statue from the temple of the same name in Palmyra, during their ...