These findings indicate that contact between ancient communities on both sides of the Arabian Gulf resulted in shared musical traditions central to rituals and religious beliefs, Douglas’ team says.

A clay tablet, almost 4,000 years old, reveals how a Mesopotamian man named Nanni took matters into his own hands when he ...

In County Meath in eastern Ireland sits the world heritage site of Brú na Bóinne. The late 4th millennium BC megalithic tombs ...

Almost 4,000 years ago, a Mesopotamian man named Nanni was so disappointed with the copper he bought from a trader named ...

Ancient Greece has traditionally been periodized into five eras: the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Archaic Age, Classical Age, and ...

In the shadow of India’s soaring skyscrapers and humming factories, a quiet revolution is taking root. Far from the ...

Thus, Buddha appeared in bronzes from India, Pakistan, China, Thailand and Japan, representing various periods and regional ...

“In a historic house, you need to be mindful of putting the patina back into some of the ... Or in the dining room, where a bronze and alabaster 1920s Art Deco pendant hangs above an Italian ...

Some believe that certain stones can cure illnesses – for example, the 12 o’clock Stone near Nancledra in Cornwall can, it is said, cure children of rickets as long as they are not illegitimate or the ...

“In a historic house, you need to be mindful of putting the patina back into some of the hard surfaces ... Or in the dining room, where a bronze and alabaster 1920s Art Deco pendant hangs above an ...

An ancient bronze griffin head, dating back to the 7th century BC, has been repatriated to Greece from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, marking a significant step in the global movement to ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in southern Greece, the latest ...