The British Museum, renowned for its vast and diverse collection of over eight million artifacts, continues to draw global ...

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and ...

When Xenia Nikolskaya first went to Egypt in 2006, she thought she knew what she was looking for. Born and raised in the ...

From demon to danger noodle, human ideas about snakes can be as contradictory as the creatures themselves. In Slither, Stephen S. Hall challenges our serpent stereotypes.

There have been several important empires, cultures, and civilizations that have risen, flourished, and eventually crumbled ...

The altar reveals the presence of powerful rulers from Teotihuacan who were there at a time when a coup ousted Tikal’s Maya ...

Archeological work at Ramses II's mortuary, known as the Ramesseum, has uncovered a school, stone workshops, and storage ...

Since the late 1800s, women have studied Ancient Egypt, but it wasn't always easy to enter the profession. Here are 8 trailblazers who led the way.

In his latest column, Gordon Bourgon explores the global tradition of buried art—tracing its symbolic and political meanings ...

New Bedford Art Museum has opened two new exhibits around a unique printmaking technique and dynamic ceramic pieces. Here's a ...

Home to some of the world’s most extraordinary artifacts, from the Rosetta Stone to the Elgin Marbles, the British Museum is one of London’s most popular attractions.

Around 7000 of these ancient buildings survive ... were recruited by the Egyptian pharaoh, Ramesses II, as his personal guards, as illustrated in this relief in his Great Temple at Abu Simbel ...