Fragments of decorated ostrich eggshells. (Texier et al., J. Archaeol. Sci., 2013) Ancient humans were surprisingly creative, ...

A new discovery in the City of David National Park has provided rare material evidence of the presence of Greeks in ancient Jerusalem. During archaeological excavations operated by the Israel ...

A recent underwater archaeological expedition off the coast of the Greek island of Kythera has yielded the discovery of a small marble decorative fragment. Interest in this piece of stone has been ...

An Egyptian-German archaeological mission has unearthed a staggering 13,000 inscribed pottery fragments, known as ostraca, at the ancient site of Athribis in Sohag, Upper Egypt, including over 130 ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered 13,000 inscribed ostraca at Athribis in Sohag, bringing the total number to about ...

One of the most frustrating things about studying the ancient past, in an capacity, really, is that sometimes we’re left with a bunch of pieces that we have to fit together in order to understand a ...

While not nearly as popular with tourists as Mount Etna, Palermo, or any of Sicily’s other picturesque seaside towns, Vizzini has a lot to offer. Inhabited since the late Bronze Age, it’s located on ...

Haris Epaminonda has turned two connected basement galleries at the Aspen Art Museum into a sort of choose-your-own-adventure experience. In “Vol. XXII,” the artist has filled the massive space with ...

Sappho sang of desire, passion, and love, mostly directed towards women. She remains the most mysterious of ancient poets.