Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before ...

Rock art images show Songlines reached from Murujuga beside the Indian Ocean to the eastern Simpson Desert, 2,300 kilometers ...

Researchers examined rope cords and caulking material to determine the age of the fabled Hjortspring plank boat to narrow ...

In 2026, the Louvre Museum in Paris is increasing the admission fee for visitors from outside Europe, including Americans, by 45 percent.

Exhibition Features Works, Some Never Publicly Displayed Before, From Renowned Benkaim Collection ...

The practice of substituting humans with primates reaches back into art history.

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

Norway's Viking Age landscapes including ship burial mounds could soon earn global recognition if authorities get their way.

About 2,400 years ago, before the emergence of the Roman empire, a small armada of boats approached the island of Als off the ...

The artwork by illustrator Tom Jung, which brought in $3.9 million, features Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and other characters ...

Researchers employed cutting-edge techniques including microwear analysis and Reflective Transformation Imaging to examine figurines housed at the Swedish History Museum, reports Archaeology Magazine.

A new study published in the Journal of World Prehistory reveals that some of humanity's earliest artistic representations of ...