The idea of ancient civilisations pioneering orthodontics is irresistible, but archaeology shows their gold dental work ...

After nearly a century, archaeologists have finally reunited the long-missing halves of a massive statue buried in the Nile ...

In 1930, German archaeologists uncovered the lower half of a massive statue, estimating that it likely originally stood some ...

The Rod of Asclepius remains a symbol of health and medicine around the world to this day. Asclepius was a demi-god son of ...

New findings at Oluz Höyük reveal rare Phoenician presence in central Anatolia through unique infant burials and Carthaginian ...

This 3,500-year-old covered wagon is the best-preserved example in the world of this ancient form of wheeled transport. Covered wagons are often associated with the Old West. But the best-preserved ...

Beginning with its construction in the fourth century B.C. and continuing for more than 800 years, the Temple of Isis on the small island of Philae, set where the Nile flowed out of Nubia, was visited ...

In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...