Featuring ancient ruins spanning from the Paleolithic Age to the Tang Dynasty (618-907), six sites were revealed by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on Wednesday as notable archaeological ...

Nearly two thousand years after it was carved, a Roman-era stele came to light not through a formal excavation but during ...

Each mummy was scanned in its sarcophagus, which weighs about 200 pounds. Then 3D models of the two Egyptian priests were constructed — and you can see them at the California Science Center.

CT scans used by Keck Medicine of USC have revealed health secrets in two ancient Egyptian priests, offering insight into ancient life.

Keck Medicine of USC radiologists use computed tomography (CT) scanners to diagnose and treat patients' diseases and injuries. Recently, however, this advanced technology was put to a far more novel ...

Archaeologists in Spain found a single elephant bone among Carthaginian weapons, offering rare physical evidence linked to ...

If you enjoy road trips with a creative twist, this Ohio art experience proves that art does not always wait behind museum ...

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

Most reliquary crosses are found broken, opened, or separated, which strips away key information about how they were made and used. This one is different: it’s a two-part cross permanently sealed with ...

How do you hunt a whale when your boat is made of logs lashed with vines and your harpoon is carved from animal bone?

What’s particularly exciting about finds like this is that we just so rarely have wood preserved for that long,” the study’s lead author told NBC News.

Discover the timeless beauty of Vietnam and Cambodia on a journey along the Mekong River aboard the elegant Mekong Princess.