The carving process—with shells or stone tools—could take weeks or even ... a beach in the savannas of ancient Dejope. “No one does this,” says Amy Rosebrough, Wisconsin state ...

Researchers believe they’ve cracked the mystery of a mummified “rainbow dragon” that’s been sitting in a Japanese treasure house for centuries. The “dragon” has been stashed at the ...

Over two weeks in Egypt, independent researchers investigate ancient sites like Saqqara, the Serapeum, and Abusir—searching for clues of advanced technology hidden in plain sight. From 80 tons of ...

The items spanned centuries and included a range of styles from different eras of ancient Egyptian civilization, the ministry said. Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Monday ...

The hollow bones were turned into ancient snuff tubes, and were found in stone chambers inside a prehistoric ... excavations can be combined with cutting-edge archaeological science techniques ...

The mystery of the Parthenon’s lighting system, and how ancient Greeks illuminated the statue of Athena ... 438 BCE using materials chosen for their luminance. Using cutting-edge digital tools, the ...

Now, the mystery of the Parthenon’s interior lighting system has ... though it must be emphasized that the temple was quite dark, De Lara notes. Using cutting-edge digital tools, the archaeologist ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser ... the driving force behind the construction of ancient Egyptian pyramids. In a preprint paper ...

Élodie Lévêque at Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris and her colleagues used a range of techniques, including analysis of ancient DNA and collagen, to examine intriguingly hairy outer ...

Ireland is a land rich with mystery and myth ... is the ancient seat of power in Ireland and contains over 30 visible ancient monuments, including the Stone of Destiny and the Mound of the ...

The pharaoh's identity is a mystery for now. Check out his tomb. Archaeologists have discovered a mysterious new king of ancient Egypt, buried in a network of tombs at Anubis Mountain.