Underwater archaeologists have discovered remnants of a sunken military warship from the second century BCE in the Egyptian bay of Abū Qīr, located 32 kilometers northeast of Alexandria. The ...

In the 12th century BCE, a legendary battle known as the Trojan War came to an end. Most of the surviving Greek warriors and heroes returned home, but not all of them did. For 10 years, the hero ...

A 17th-century bombing destroyed part of the building, hiding the room’s entrance from view. It stayed hidden for more than 300 years.

In the ancient city of Gordion in Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed an 8th-century B.C.E. tomb with possible ties to King ...

A second room contains carved stone sculptures from excavations carried out in the many smaller kingdoms that arose in the region after the fragmentation of the Hittite Empire in the 12th century BCE.

A spirit of defiance and a mysterious culture endure on the French island of Corsica, intertwined with the timeless beauty of ...

Rocks on Iceland beaches confirm the Late Antique Little Ice Age, caused by volcanic eruptions, precipitated the fall of the Roman Empire.

The China Institute Gallery in New York is showing ancient Chinese bronzes from the 12th century BCE to 1st to 2nd century CE, lent by the Minneapolis Institute of Art.