When archaeologists investigated the 2,600-year-old burial of Lord Qiu in China, they found his bronze bell set in disarray: ...

A 3,800-year-old ritual offering found at Peñico in Peru reveals how Caral civilization, symbols and trade networks survived.

Excavations at the ancient Sumerian city of Girsu have uncovered a ritual pit more than eight feet deep, filled with 300 ...

(RNS) — Artists and designers say a new generation of Judaica is helping previously unaffiliated and less traditionally observant Jews explore spirituality, rituals and identity amid rising ...

Researchers say an object's placement can be just as revealing as the object itself.

When archaeologists opened the 2,600-year-old tomb of an ancient Chinese lord, they discovered his magnificent bronze bells ...

The lead curse tablet was discovered in a city square in the Netherlands and recently deciphered by researchers in Germany ...

Egypt’s deserts rarely reveal anything in a straight line. Beneath the shifting sand of al-Ghuraifa, a burial ground dating ...

For centuries, pilgrims, priests, and pharaohs brought gifts to Karnak, the vast temple complex that stood at the religious heart of ancient Egypt. Sacred vessels and statues had accumulated within ...

Archaeologists in France have uncovered five rare iron shackles at a 2,300-year-old Celtic site in Allonnes, indicating the ...

The stone, known also as a massebah, was discovered during excavations of the First Temple era site, inside a large residence named by archaeologists as "Building 101," or the Governor's Residency.

Archaeologists working at the Templo Mayor in Mexico City recovered a single offering box containing roughly 4,000 marine ...