These days, we would call them proprietary blends. But in the late 1500s and early 1600s, individual alchemists called the ...

“It should be emphasized that it was on Ostrów Lednicki that the oldest Christian liturgical objects ever found in Poland ...

A site in Switzerland contained evidence of an administrative center that was part of a bigger plan to build a urban center ...

A new theory from the University of Bristol suggests that one of history's most famous medieval artifacts may have served a surprising purpose. The Bayeux Tapestry, the iconic 68-meter embroidered ...

As the subway line continues onward past the Colosseum, it will run underneath more of the world’s most important cultural ...

Archaeologists in Norway’s capital have unearthed thousands of leather artifacts that offer a rare glimpse into Oslo's past – and the fashion of its medieval inhabitants. The findings were recently ...

An unusual email arrived in the inbox of a faculty member at the department of archaeology at Simon Fraser University in the ...

A jewelry donation to a thrift store in Canada has turned out to potentially be a lot older than meets the eye. Now, a group ...

Tucked under London’s Palace of Westminster— one of the most famous structures in the city and home to the Houses of ...

A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...

Hong Kong customs detained an Afghan national at West Kowloon Station for attempting to smuggle 11 valuable ancient artifacts, ...

Archaeologists uncover a 2,500-year-old Iron Age site in Afghanistan, revealing stone structures, a drikning vessel and early ...