The day after the artifacts vanished from the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology, officials arrested 52-year-old Miguel Simon Mungarrieta Monsalve. “The defendant believed it was his duty to acquire ...

Reuse over time and looting shifted and damaged the contents of an ancient Egyptian tomb. This displaced mummy mask could have a relationship to other artifacts already in museums around the world.

"Egyptian craftspeople mastered reliable rotary drilling more than two millennia before some of the best-preserved drill sets." ...

Recent advances in biomolecular archaeology have revealed that ancient objects can retain the molecular fingerprints of past ...

A brazen overnight break-in at the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology in Caboolture, north of Brisbane, has ended with a 52-year-old man arrested and charged, after police say they recovered most of ...

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On a computer screen in a lab, a scattered cluster of stone flakes suddenly snaps together into a single, razor-edged tool, each fragment rotating and locking into place as if time is running in ...

Recent discoveries have sparked a wave of excitement and intrigue among scientists and the public alike, as evidence suggests the existence of ancient non-human artifacts on Earth. These findings, if ...

There are good reasons to be drawn to antiquities, but also many reasons to hesitate before buying, starting with concerns about illicit trade. By Nina Siegal Reporting from Amsterdam Antiquities used ...

When the Johns Hopkins University Archaeological Museum officially reopens on Oct. 13, it will celebrate both 140-plus years of existence and a new chapter in its life as a teaching collection for the ...

A museum visit sparked a revelation when a Roman glass cup was turned around and its overlooked markings came into focus. These symbols, once dismissed as decoration, appear to be workshop identifiers ...