The museum dropped a legal effort to block the seizure of the statue by investigators who said the bronze, thought by some to ...

Palmyra is one of the most famous sites in Syria for its extraordinary heritage and archaeological remains. Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1980, the city saw much of its heritage destroyed ...

Apollo Art Auctions is pleased to announce its Ancient Art & Antiquities February e-sale, a two-day online event featuring a ...

The Cleveland Museum of Art on Friday agreed return to Turkey an ancient statue worth $20 million that the New York District ...

An archaeological discovery near Jerusalem has shaken the foundations of historical knowledge about asceticism in the Byzantine era. A team of scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science and the ...

Less than a month into Sudan’s civil war, which began in 2023, videos surfaced of militants inside the National Museum’s bioarchaeology laboratory boasting that they had found ...

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell ‘woody,’ ‘spicy’ and ‘sweet’, finds a new study led by researchers from University College London and the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, revealing new det ...

Explore the surprising scents of ancient Egyptian mummies, revealing woody and sweet notes that defy expectations.

Welcome to ‘sensory heritage’, the study of how we engage with objects from the past besides what they look like.

The research team explained that smell was a key consideration for the ancient Egyptians during the mummification process, as ...

Scientists discover a surprisingly pleasant fragrance emitted by ancient Egyptian mummies, defying expectations and offering ...

UK holidaymakers venturing to Greece are being cautioned that they risk incurring fines for donning inappropriate footwear.