A Celtic settlement unearthed in the Czech Republic yielded over 22,000 bags of artifacts including gold coins, jewelry and pottery from the La Tène period, according to officials.

Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar calendar in ancient civilization. Marking a massive comet strike as the start, ...

The mummies, estimated to be around 10,000 years old, were found in various locations across China and Southeast Asia. Researchers suggest that the smoke-drying technique was used to preserve the ...

Long before paleontology, ancient civilizations stumbled upon massive bones buried in the earth. With no science to explain ...

Sewer workers in Italy discovered a 2,300-year-old Messapian tomb from the 4th century B.C. in Manduria, containing ceramic ...

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English archaeologist Jessica Rawson's book Life and Afterlife in Ancient China Photo: Courtesy of CITIC Press Group. In the ...

Greece outlines priorities for chairing the Ancient Civilizations Forum, focusing on the deepening of cultural ties with Peru and the UAE.