Long before paper, pens, or signatures, people used carved stones to prove who they were. These ancient artifacts, called cylinder seals, have been found by the thousands across Mesopotamia and ...

Archaeologists in the Netherlands uncovered a 4,000-year-old sanctuary aligned with the solstices. Built during the Bronze ...

Abstract: Ring artifacts frequently arise in CT imaging due to the inconsistent responses of detector units to X-rays. This effect is further exacerbated in photon-counting detectors, resulting in ...

There are good reasons to be drawn to antiquities, but also many reasons to hesitate before buying, starting with concerns ...

Iraq's Embassy in Washington celebrated the recovery of a rare, 4,500-year-old Ibex statue. The return highlights the ongoing crisis of artifacts stolen after the 2003 occupation.

Egypt suffered a devastating loss in September when a pharaoh's priceless bracelet was stolen from a museum in Cairo – and melted down. Now forever lost, the bracelet belonged to Pharaoh Usermaatre ...

The Old Kingdom Limestone Funerary Statue, valued at $6 million, is one of 14 ancient Egyptian artifacts that prosecutors say were illegally smuggled into the U.S. Photo: Maryland U.S. Attorney's ...

Christian Olaniran is a digital producer for CBS Baltimore, where he writes stories on diverse topics including politics, arts and culture. With a passion for storytelling and content creation, he ...

BALTIMORE, Md. — Ancient Egyptian amulets, stone figurines, a vase, and a funerary statue were smuggled into the US between August 2020 and April 2021, and at least one shipment was destined for a ...

The artifacts likely highlight an episode in the life of one person — which is "very rare" for the Paleolithic, study first author Dominik Chlachula, a researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of ...

History Colorado head curator Rachael Storm holds up a scintillator, or a gun that measures radiation, on Friday, Sept. 12th, 2025, in Denver, Colo. One of the two in their collection was used in ...

All good things come to an end. Chuck Kahn and Patti Keating Kahn, owners of the Colby Abbot Building, are auctioning off the remaining fixtures from their best-known tenant: Karl Ratzsch’s restaurant ...