Erected over 4,600 years ago, the Pyramid of Djoser in Egypt is considered to be the first pyramid in human history. This ...

If there is one city that holds all kinds of stories beneath its asphalt, it is Rome. The Italian capital was the center of the empire that dominated the world for much of history.

Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient ...

A tourist has damaged two ancient clay figures from the terracotta army, one of China's foremost archaeological treasures.

According to a translated statement from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the three tombs —discovered in the ...

The pyramid at Saqqara was built sometime around 2680 BCE as a funerary complex for the Third Dynasty pharaoh Djoser. It is believed to be the oldest of Egypt’s seven iconic pyramids and the ...

Unraided crypts are hard to come by. And yet in 1968, soldiers stumbled upon the imperial family tombs of a Han dynasty ...

Ancient South American mummy reveals rare and mysterious face tattoos made with unusual magnetic ink, challenging what we ...

Relationship to earlier burial estate While their focus lies on the Christian occupation, the authors situate the chapel within a pre-existing Second Temple funerary complex that included a ...

Archaeologists in Morocco’s Tangier Peninsula have uncovered ancient stone-lined burials, striking rock art, and towering standing stones dating back 4,000 years.

The skull found by workers at San Fernando, Catamarca province has a structure that differs markedly from that of a ...

Kerameikos is an ancient Athenian area formerly known as the Potters' Quarter, which today stands as the largest necropolis in Greece.