Archaeologists warn that the Taliban are destroying Pakistan's ancient Gandhara heritage and rich Buddhist legacy as pilgrimage and foreign research dries up in ...
Israeli museum displays coins from Jewish revolt, destruction of biblical Jerusalem Temple Israel displayed for the first time Wednesday a collection of rare ...
Archaeologist: Beads, metal tools suggest 16th-century explorer de Soto passed through Ga. An archaeologist says excavations in southern Georgia have turned up beads, metal tools and other artifacts that may pinpoint part of the elusive trail of the 16th-century Spanish explorer Hernando ...
A German expert will attend talks next month to discuss Cairo's demand for the return of a 3,400-year-old statue of Queen Nefertiti, Egypt's antiquities chief said on Wednesday. The bust of the Egyptian beauty is the centrepiece of Berlin's "Neues Museum", which ...
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 04: A museum curator stands over metal detector enthusiast David Booth's hoard of Iron Age Gold on November 4, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The gold Iron Age torcs were unearthed on private land in Stirlingshire and date from ...
Macedonia has vowed to put a halt to illegal excavations at the country's wealth of archaeological sites, many of which have already been ransacked by savvy smugglers digging up the rich treasures. "The criminals are always a step ahead, they follow our ...
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Scuba divers are exploring the depths of a volcanic lake in Guatemala to find clues about an ancient sacred island where Mayan pilgrims flocked to worship before it was submerged by rising waters. Samabaj, the first underwater archaeological ...
Macedonia has vowed to put a halt to illegal excavations at the country's wealth of archaeological sites, many of which have already been ransacked by savvy smugglers digging up the rich treasures. "The criminals are always a step ahead, they follow our ...
New York's Metropolitan returns ancient pharoanic artifact to Egypt New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art will return to Egypt a fragment of an ancient pharoanic shrine it purchased from a collector, Egypt's antiquities department said Monday. The Supreme Council of Antiquities said ...
Salvage company raises prospect of expedition to the Titanic wreck site in 2010 The company that has exclusive rights to salvage the Titanic is planning a possible expedition to the world's most famous shipwreck in 2010. The first expedition to the North ...
Mystery surrounds discovery of former archbishop's treasure in river outside Durham Cathedral A fresh mystery is gripping Britain's religious community: Just how did a treasure trove of rare medallions and coins collected by a former archbishop of Canterbury end up at the ...
PHILADELPHIA, Oct 23 (Reuters Life) - A flattened human head draped with gold and lapis lazuli jewelry lies in a glass case at the University of Pennsylvania's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, its teeth the only recognizable feature. It's all that remains ...
