Who can mistake the child-like appeal of movies like The Goonies and television shows like The Librarians where there are no ...

Researchers believe they've cracked the mystery of a mummified "rainbow dragon" that's been sitting in a Japanese treasure house for centuries. The "dragon" has been stashed at the Shosoin ...

Credit: Webb’s A remarkable collection of Ancient Greek treasures, led by a stunning marble head of ... Usually, a lot of marble in Greek and Roman sculpture is plain in color, but in fact, when these ...

The researchers looked at differences in the ancient genomes and modern-day B. recurrentis to map how the bacteria have changed over time, finding that the species likely diverged from its nearest ...

Argentinian scientists from the National University of Mar del Plata claim that the mysterious ancient mechanism is ... to light also unearthed countless treasures and continues to attract ...

This week we head out to an area on a map that should be loaded with antique bottles and relics! We hit the Jackpot with our first hole and start uncovering history almost immediately. At Veterans ...

The Taklamakan Desert, China's largest desert and located in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, was once the central stage for numerous legends along the ancient ... survey and map them using ...

In Benin, a 'kataklè' – a ceremonial stool, and the final piece of the royal treasure of Abomey – has been returned by Finland, 133 years after being looted by French troops and later transferred to ...

Teams of cultural relic conservators from the academy carefully examine the caves, diagnosing ailments like weathering, erosion and pigment degradation, and apply tailored remedies, from stone ...

Teams of cultural relic conservators from the academy carefully examine the caves, diagnosing ailments like weathering, erosion and pigment degradation, and apply tailored remedies, from stone ...

A bird's-eye view of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, which consists of 252 caves and 59,000 statues, representing an outstanding achievement of Buddhist cave art in China in the 5th and 6th ...