D scanning and printing tools are changing the way institutions and communities preserve and share cultural artifacts ...

Chemical traces of opium found in an ancient Egyptian alabaster vase shows it had a widespread use. Scientists even think ...

The oldest previously known funeral pyre in the world was discovered in Alaska and dates to approximately 11,500 years ago, but that cremation involved a young child rather than an adult. Some burned ...

Explore new insights into North Malabar's history and women's movements at the Kannur Heritage Festival seminar.

Archaeologists working in the western Nile Delta of Egypt discovered remnants of an "extensive industrial complex" from as far back as the 5th century B.C.E. as well as a Roman cemetery that suggests ...

People also invested and traded in precious goods, like artworks. When the Romans sacked the city of Corinth in 146 BC, they stole the city’s collection of famous artwork, and later sold the ...