An unassuming grave on the western shore of the Black Sea has pushed the story of gold back to a far earlier chapter than anyone expected. The burial, part of a prehistoric cemetery near the modern ...

A tiny bird figurine discovered in a refuse heap in the Henan province of China is changing what historians thought they knew ...

If you want to feel connected to ancient history, just take a look at your shoes, listen to some music played on a flute or take a sip of wine—it turns out that some of the oldest items humans have ...

The oldest previously known funeral pyre in the world was discovered in Alaska and dates to approximately 11,500 years ago, but that cremation involved a young child rather than an adult. Some burned ...

At the Anhui Museum in eastern China, a recent exhibition of ancient gold and silver artifacts offered visitors an unusually intimate glimpse into how power, belief and daily life played out -- not ...