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In this Friday, April 4, 2014 file photo, a Scythian gold helmet from the fourth century B.C. is displayed as part of the exhibit called The Crimea: Gold and Secrets of the Black Sea, at Allard Pierson historical museum in Amsterdam.

Disputed Crimea gold treasures returned to Ukraine

Disputed Crimea gold treasures returned to Ukraine

After years of dispute with Russia, the ancient gold objects have now been returned from the Netherlands to Ukraine.
CultureNovember 30, 2023
Black and white, illustration of people suffering or dying during the plague, after an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi, from a work by Raphael

Black women most likely victims of London's Black Death

Black women most likely victims of London's Black Death

The fact that Black women died at higher rates than other people in the plague indicates "premodern racism" — new study.
ScienceNovember 22, 2023
A promotional image from the immersive Tutankamun exhibition, showing the famous gold-and-blue death mask

Tutankhamun invites you to ancient Egypt

Tutankhamun invites you to ancient Egypt

The pharaoh may have died more than 3,000 years ago, but now Tutankhamun takes museum visitors back to ancient Egypt.
HistoryNovember 3, 2023
A view of ancient stone carvings on a rocky point of the Amazon river that were exposed after water levels dropped to record lows.

How climate change helps and hinders archaeology

How climate change helps and hinders archaeology

Sensational archaeological finds can be put down to climate change, but other treasures risk being lost forever.
ScienceOctober 31, 2023
Gaya Tumuli burial mounds in South Korea showing perfectly raised mounds with trees interspersed and engulfed in fog.

UNESCO unveils new World Heritage Sites

UNESCO unveils new World Heritage Sites

The United Nations organization has added over 40 new World Heritages Sites to its protected list. Here's a selection.
CultureSeptember 20, 202316 images
Aerial view of Djerba mosque in Tunisia.

UNESCO World Heritage Site contenders 2023

UNESCO World Heritage Site contenders 2023

The World Heritage Committee convenes this September to add new sites to its protected list. Here is a selection.
TravelSeptember 12, 202311 images
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Rome's Pantheon

How ancient Rome's concrete recipe can help lower emissions

Self-healing concrete was ancient Rome's wonder material. Can we use it to create more sustainable concrete today?
ScienceJanuary 6, 2023
Press photo of Graham Hancock

'Ancient Apocalypse' Netflix series unfounded, experts say

Experts are dismayed by a Netflix series claiming that survivors of an ancient civilization taught hunter-gatherers.
ScienceDecember 8, 2022
An illustration of Homo erectus

Evidence of cooking 780,000 years ago rewrites human history

Homo erectus was cooking fish 780,000 years ago, boosting brain growth of early humans.
ScienceNovember 18, 2022
Woodcut portrait of Heinrich Schliemann 1822 - 1890.

The archaeologist who discovered Troy

Born 200 years ago in Germany, the adventurer-archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann vowed to find Homer's Troy.
CultureJanuary 6, 2022
Side profile of bearded man dressed in furs against the backdrop of icy glaciers

Ötzi the iceman: still fascinating 30 years on

World famous glacier mummy Ötzi was discovered by a couple 30 years ago.
CultureSeptember 20, 202111 images