Researchers recreated ancient Egyptian blue pigment and uncovered insights into its production, variability, and future tech ...

In a discovery hailed as the “first of its kind,” archaeologists in Israel have found a Roman marble sarcophagus which ...

After nearly a century in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, King Tutankhamun's iconic gold mask and remaining treasures are set ...

Alexander the Great's Companion cavarly were the elite mounted units of the ancient Macedonian army, entrusted to deliver devesating charges.

The Saqqara Necropolis, the burial ground for the ancient capital city of Memphis located south of Cairo, recently announced ...

The Sussex club, which became famous in 2017 as the first football club to pay their women's and men's teams equally, admitted they now face a fight to stick to that landmark commitment and even "to ...

Israeli archaeologists have discovered a remarkable 1,700-year-old marble sarcophagus featuring a rare depiction of Greek ...

Israeli archaeologists working at a site outside of Caesarea uncovered an exquisitely carved marble sarcophagus that had been ...

An emblematic but often overlooked figure of the capital, Sainte Geneviève saved Lutetia from Attila's invasion in the 5th century. A true heroine whose imprint still marks the heights of Paris's 5th ...

Archaeologists say the marble coffin is the first of its kind found in the region. The story it depicts is more often seen in mosaics ...

An editorial intern at Smithsonian magazine, Aurora is a bilingual journalist from Nicaragua. She is pursuing a master’s degree at CUNY's Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.

The young prostitute Rachel, the recipient of van Gogh’s ear, reminds us of how stigma and social context shape a patient’s ...