Archaeologists found a gemstone engraved with the image of the Roman god Mercury, which they believe was part of a 2,000-year-old ring. As the god of trade and transport, Mercury is depicted ...

Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Stratonikeia, known as the "City of Gladiators," in the Yatağan district of Muğla, Turkey, unearthed a garlanded sarcophagus dating back 2,000 years.

A 2,000-year-old ring unearthed 50 years ago may have been ... The artefact was one of several items found in Herod’s burial tomb. Herod ruled Judea and in the Bible it says he initiated a ...

Researchers traced a genetic mutation that provides resistance to HIV back to a single individual near the Black Sea 6,700 to ...

An ancient Buddha statue from the early Goryeo dynasty was ... they may be similar to tile fragments found at the site of a Goryeo temple in North Jeolla Province. Alas, during whose reign this ...

a type of small statue usually carved to look like the deceased, archaeologists said. Several canopic jars, used for holding the organs of the deceased, found in a 2,500-year-old tomb. Photo from ...