Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only ...

Archaeologists excavating a field in the municipality of Kutenholz in the Stade District, in Lower Saxony, Germany, have discovered two well-preserved Bronze Age daggers which are believed to date ...

Archaeologists discovered the massive limestone burial chamber, which has multiple rooms and a decorated entryway, in January in Abydos, Egypt. But the lavish tomb’s intended occupant remains a ...

Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as part of a funerary relief. Experts believe the couple depicted were of ...

“This is a big upset to the way we think about that part of the world in that period of time,” Ben Marwick, co-author and a professor of archaeology at the university, told Ancient Origins.

Indigenous people began building earthen mounds more than 4,000 years ago in the Patos Lagoon estuary on the coast of southern Brazil. Researchers have now found evidence that these mounds served ...

Archaeologists have uncovered five ceramic figurines, believed to have been used in rituals, atop a pre-Columbian pyramid structure in El Salvador. These figurines, often referred to as "puppets ...

WEST POMERANIAN VOIVODESHIP, POLAND—The Miami Herald reports that two Polish metal detectorists combing a beach after a storm found a rare 2,500-year-old weapon embedded in a block of clay that ...

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The statue of Antinous was discovered by a team of French archaeologists who in 1891 excavated the ancient site of Delphi.

A newly uncovered ancient Egyptian tomb is shedding light on royalty that once ruled the region over 3,600 years ago. Archaeologists discovered the massive limestone burial chamber, which has multiple ...