Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered 3,000 new ostraca at the ancient site of Athribis in Sohag, bringing the total number of inscribed pottery fragments found there to about 43,000.

US and Israeli strikes on Iran have damaged at least four cultural and historical sites, including palaces and an ancient ...

Recent excavations at a 6th-century BC temple in western Greece have unearthed compelling evidence suggesting that some ancient sanctuaries were more than just places of worship. A team of ...

A joint archaeological mission by the University of Tübingen and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA) has ...

A rare Roman temple dedicated to mystery cult deity Mithras was discovered in Germany, with the oldest-known sanctuary in Bavaria dating to the first or second centuries A.D.

Over three million years ago, the wetlands of ancient Ethiopia were dominated by an ambush predator that dwarfed early human ...

Ancient Maya offerings found in Yucatán reveal new clues about early ritual practices, community life and public spaces.

More than a thousand years after a ship vanished off the coast of modern-day Croatia, archaeologists have uncovered a wreck that might reshape our ideas of the medieval world.

History loves a good mystery. And honestly, few things are more unsettling than an entire civilization, with millions of ...

Unesco said it provided all parties to the conflict with the geographical co-ordinates of the heritage sites ahead of time.