Newfound rock art from ancient Egypt may shed light on the time just before the first dynasty.

Deep inside the 65-year-old Chengdu Museum stands its iconic treasure: An 8.5-ton stone rhinoceros. While in the museum’s cultural and creative product section, its miniature versions ...

Neolithic settlement shows women held power near what is considered the birthplace of Chinese civilization.

New DNA Evidence Reveals Female-Led Society in Ancient China© Chen Shuo/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images A staff member restores cultural relics at a Dawenkou archaeology workstation in China’s ...

A newly-discovered rock art panel on the western bank of the River Nile may depict an Ancient Egyptian authority figure from the dawn of the First Dynasty. Based on the style and content of the ...

Object Details Author Townsend, Richard F Sharp, Robert V Bailey, Garrick Alan Art Institute of Chicago St. Louis Art Museum National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Notes Published in conjunction ...

Panicum miliaceum L. (broomcorn millet) was an important cereal for Eurasian populations in prehistory. It was first domesticated in China and spread westwards into Central Asia and Europe later on.

Industrial pollution is highly likely to be damaging ancient Indigenous rock art that has been nominated as a World Heritage site, research shows.