Trinity Library in Dublin preserves Ireland’s rarest texts and artifacts, including the Book of Kells and the 1916 ...

Even after it was found that one of the most effective purple dyes used in ancient history was taken from a gland in a ...

Ancient Greek inscriptions appear on some of the most prominent buildings in the world, whether on a historical building or ...

Uncover the fascinating history behind medical symbols like the Caduceus and the Rod of Asclepius in healthcare.

The Great Sphinx of Giza has stood guard over the desert for thousands of years. Carved from limestone and towering beside ...

The Appian Way Regional Park in Rome announced its recent farewell to a "beautiful" stone head dating back to antiquity. It ...

Reconstructed from a 5th-century Ajanta painting, the ship was built using the ancient technique of stitching, featuring ...

A new study uses metabolic profiling to uncover ancient knowledge systems behind therapeutic and psychoactive plant use in ancient Arabia. A new study uses metabolic profiling to uncover ancient ...

AN ANCIENT sword engraved with swastikas and forged long before Jesus walked the Earth has been discovered in a Celtic Iron Age necropolis. Uncovered intact in France after 2,300 years, the sword ...

Egyptian archaeologists recently found an ancient sword belonging to the military ... or hieroglyphic symbol, of Ramesses. A picture of the sword shows that the artifact has decayed over time ...