Recent advances in biomolecular archaeology have revealed that ancient objects can retain the molecular fingerprints of past ...

As previously reported, Egyptian embalming is thought to have begun in the Predynastic Period or earlier, when people noticed that the arid desert heat tended to dry and preserve bodies buried in the ...

A room decorated with peacocks reappears in a Roman villa near Pompeii after centuries hidden by volcanic ash.

The British Museum is looking to hire a dedicated sleuth to help recover the Greek and Roman artifacts that were stolen from it more than two years ago. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an ...

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A third-century B.C.E. Greek gold chain necklace similar to some of the missing objects © The Trustees of the British Museum under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 More than two ...

The British Museum made headlines in 2023 when it announced items from their collection had been stolen. The majority of the stolen pieces were small gems and jewelry kept in a storeroom, and none ...

Artifacts from of the Savannah River Site’s 75-year-history of service, innovation, achievement and discovery are on display in a special exhibit at the Savannah River Site Museum in Aiken. 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 ...

SOLDIERS. BUT WHAT MANY OVERLOOK. IT’S FULL OF HEROINES AS WELL. SO WAS THIS HERS, OR DO WE KNOW? I BELIEVE THAT IS HERS. WOW. AT THE MILITARY AVIATION PRESERVATION SOCIETY, AIR MUSEUM, OR MAPS IN ...

The items were stolen in a “high-value burglary” from the Bristol Museum’s British Empire and Commonwealth collection, the police said. By Tess Felder and Alex Marshall Reporting from London The ...