Bronze Age cymbals discovered in Oman show music's role in connecting ancient civilizations, shifting focus from trade to ...

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.

In the modern day, mirrors are just about everywhere. But that wasn't always the case, and the mirror actually has a ...

A multitude of mysteries remain unsolved about the ancient Greek world, providing more questions than answers.

POTTERY sherds, when they occur, are some of the most useful 'fossils' the prehistorian can have to deal with. When the are found with an industry, one can be almost certain that they are ...

French researchers have unearthed disturbing artifacts in Egypt's Eastern Desert: iron shackles that were once used to chain workers in gold mines. The shackles, which date back to the 3rd century B.C ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology.

Hypotheses for their use range from percussion tools to hunting implements. However, the equally fascinating naturally occurring lithic items have been less extensively studied, usually only given ...

The newly discovered bone tools, which consist of 27 deliberately ... It has long been suggested that the material culture recovered from ancient archaeological contexts, consisting exclusively ...

The layer with Egyptian and Greek pottery fragments described in the latest study is among several layers that date from after 732 B.C., when records indicate Megiddo was conquered by the Neo ...

Evidence from ostraca—pottery shards with markings ... The shackles are similar to those found in Laurion, an ancient silver mine in southern Attica, Greece, where slave labor was employed ...

New discoveries related to works of art in ancient Greece and Rome continue to be unearthed. A Danish study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology in March found that statues in antiquity ...