Editor Annikka Olsen joins the podcast to discuss the long and complex history of the famous 'Discobolus' sculpture. A Roman copy of Myron's Discobolus at the British Museum. Photo: Leon Neal/AFP via ...

Artificial intelligence is used to find out what some carbonized Herculaneum scrolls say. Reading the Herculaneum scrolls required multiple scientific steps that started with taking extremely ...

A groundbreaking voyage brings travelers face-to-face with 65,000 years of living artistry, as the rugged Kimberley’s sacred galleries open their ancient doors to modern adventurers. ByPaul Jebara, ...

IF YOU WANTED to read an ancient Roman scroll, you might reach for a dictionary, and perhaps a magnifying glass. You would probably not think of using a particle accelerator. But that is what is ...

Researchers studying an ancient form of writing used by the Incas in pre-Columbian South America have unraveled new clues to a longstanding mystery. The research, undertaken by Professor Sabine Hyland ...

Few discoveries have changed our understanding of history as dramatically as the Rosetta Stone. Before it was uncovered, ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs were largely a mystery, leaving historians unable ...

Raw chunks of iron and other artifacts recovered from an ancient shipwreck are challenging archaeologists’ understanding of trade and war in the Middle East 2,600 years ago.

Prophets predict the destruction of ancient Babylon.