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 ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Republic of Iraq teamed up on research into an ancient sculpture using the lost wax ...

Biblical archaeologists are using ancient texts and modern technology to uncover possible clues to one of Christianity's biggest mysteries. Thomas Cole's 1828 oil painting entitled "The Garden of Eden ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This summer, Route 2 drivers might have noticed a large mound of dirt in the parking lot at Milton’s Sand Bar State Park and a group of people digging beside it. This excavation team, made up of ...

The ancient Romans had a soft spot for physical comedy (aka fart jokes), as exemplified by a bronze figurine of a comic actor ...

A bombing delay enabled rescue of some objects, but archaeologists fear the wider loss of antiquities from the many cultures living there over thousands of years. By Ephrat Livni A day before ...

Some of the artifacts stored in the al-Kawthar building had been unearthed at the St. Hilarion Monastery. Rizek Abdeljawad / Xinhua via Getty Images One day after Israel issued an evacuation order for ...