University College London, the University of Central Lancashire, Ege University, and other institutions have discovered that ...

A team of Tel Aviv University researchers from the field of prehistoric archaeology has proposed an innovative hypothesis ...

This tiny bird sculpture was created 40,000 years ago by early humans in Europe who carved the key animals in their lives.

Excavations at a necropolis outside of Liternum, near modern-day Naples, have found two ornate funerary enclosures.

Restoration work on the Rusovce Mansion in the capital of Slovakia has unearthed remnants of the first known Roman aqueduct ...

Even in the most visited European cities, such as Rome and Prague, there are museums and places of historical relevance that ...

A Danish family has returned three ancient artifacts to Italy after their father purchased them in the 1960s. The items, ...

But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...

The Etruscans and Romans were fierce rivals and clashed in pivotal wars. What were the major battles that defined this ancient conflict?

The Hallstatt culture was the first culture of peoples that can truly be considered “Celtic.” This period was preceded by the Central European Urnfield and Tumulus cultures of the late and middle ...

The Getty's priceless works of art have been threatened by wildfires. Should they move? Here's what L.A. Times readers think.

In 1882, in an Etruscan tomb near Veii, about 16 kilometers north of Rome, a Greek pitcher—an olpe—was discovered. It had ...