On a computer screen in a lab, a scattered cluster of stone flakes suddenly snaps together into a single, razor-edged tool, each fragment rotating and locking into place as if time is running in ...

"Egyptian craftspeople mastered reliable rotary drilling more than two millennia before some of the best-preserved drill sets." ...

The team then developed two ways to present ancient scents to the public. Alongside the artifacts that inspired this project, ...

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Recent advances in biomolecular archaeology have revealed that ancient objects can retain the molecular fingerprints of past ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...

Ritual artifacts belonging to the Canaanites, an ancient people referenced in the Old Testament, were recently found in Israel — along with a 5,000-year-old winepress. The Israel Antiquities Authority ...

When the Johns Hopkins University Archaeological Museum officially reopens on Oct. 13, it will celebrate both 140-plus years of existence and a new chapter in its life as a teaching collection for the ...

Three years ago, astronomers discovered ancient mysterious objects known as “little red dots.” They exhibit characteristics of both galaxies and supermassive black holes, but they don’t exactly match ...

There are good reasons to be drawn to antiquities, but also many reasons to hesitate before buying, starting with concerns about illicit trade. By Nina Siegal Reporting from Amsterdam Antiquities used ...

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 ...