artifacts

For the first time, ivories from the time of the First Temple of Solomon have been uncovered in Israel. Archeologists from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) recently discovered the artifacts during cooperative excavations in the...

An incredibly old and enormous handaxe, believed to be around 300,000 years old, has been unearthed in Kent, a region in Southeast England. The discovery was made during excavation work preceding the construction of a new school. A team of...

Photos of the 300-year-old "holy grail of shipwrecks" that is thought to hold billions of dollars in gold and treasure have been recently released. The massive Spanish San Jose, which went down off the coast of what is now Cartagena,...

Several paleolithic sites dating from 700 thousand years ago have been discovered during excavations at the Megalopolis lignite mine, in Arcadia, southern Greece. According to a statement by the Greek Ministry of Culture on Thursday the sites "offer a unique...

An international team of scientists has developed a non-destructive method to recover human DNA from ancient bone and teeth artifacts. They were able to recover human DNA from a 20,000-year-old Elk tooth pendant. Stone tools, bones, and teeth from olden...

Private talks have taken place concerning the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece according to the Greek newspaper Ta Nea. The report stated that the chairman of the British Museum, George Osborne, has discussed the status of the...

Fifteen ancient Greek artifacts from the Leonard Stern Collection were displayed for the first time in Athens at the Museum of Cycladic Art. The Cycladic figurines returned to Athens following an agreement between Greece and the Metropolitan Museum of Art...

Thieves have returned a gold shrine believed to contain vials of the blood of Jesus Christ stolen from a church in France. The 2,000-year-old reliquary, called the "Precious Blood of Christ," is among the Catholic Church's holiest relics. Thieves stole...

On Sunday, scientists announced they have discovered what they believe is the marble head of Hercules, human teeth, and a trove of other artifacts related to the Antikythera shipwreck in Greece. The Antikythera wreck is a Roman-era shipwreck dating from...

The antiquities found during digs for the upcoming Thessaloniki metro system are to be removed, according to a court decision Tuesday.