The artefacts, including the Kiswa, a 29ft-long (9m) cloth that covers the Kaaba at the centre of the mosque in Makkah.

The ancient specimens were presented to him as a ceremonial gift from the Ottoman Empire’s viceroy ... The show’s more than 100 artifacts survey ancient Egyptian burial practices and cosmology.

Sanity seems conspicuously absent from his actions. What mind, driven by a profound disregard for history and human dignity, ...

They have also discovered more than 1,000 artifacts—bullets ... s recent push to recast the battle as a triumph for the Ottoman Empire and Islam. On a warm September morning, I join McGibbon ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

Hudson’s Bay, Canada’s oldest company, is seeking court permission to auction off its artifacts, art and even the royal charter that gave the business the power to dominate the 17th century ...

Amateur metal detectorists uncovered a stunning collection of silver jewelry, the first evidence of a Dacian settlement in ...

Going further back, the Ottoman Empire also breaks the borders. Suddenly, we have a lot of Mediterranean dishes, similar to Moldova and parts of Romania. In more southern parts of Eastern Europe ...

Hudson’s Bay Company plans to auction off “its most historically significant art and artifacts,” including the 355-year-old Royal Charter granted by King Charles II in 1670. Subject to court approval, ...

In colonial Latin America – called “New Spain” by European colonists – images of a white Jesus reinforced a caste system where white, Christian Europeans occupied the top tier, while those with darker ...

South Africa's Sterkfontein caves, home to early human fossils, reopened after three years, offering tourists a chance to engage with live scientific research. Seated on sandbags in a knee-deep ...