Others say it means you’re expected to buy the next king cake! Interestingly, it wasn’t always a plastic baby inside… Food historian Liz Williams told the Associated Press last year that the roots of ...

This bent shape is said to be an example of the architectural experimentation synonymous with ancient Egyptians. This 101-metre structure located south of Cairo marks an interesting example when ...

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

The venerable auction house is unloading one-of-a-kind gold necklaces, rings, trinkets and more from ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt that cost far less than modern pieces from modern luxury ...

The stolen Dacian bracelets were found at the Sarmizegetusa Regia, the kingdom's ancient capital. Ing. Marius Amarie / Drents Museum A replica of the helmet even featured in The Dacians ...

from ancient China to ancient Rome,” according to science writer Rebecca Boyle. The president-elect’s vow to stop the war may lead to concessions to Putin, including divisions of territory ...

According to a release from Museums Worcestershire, a trove of 1,368 silver and gold coins from the Iron Age and Ancient Rome were found by an anonymous metal detectorist searching an unnamed area ...

A local government in India is offering a $1 million prize to the first person who cracks the code of an ancient script found in the ruins of one of the world’s earliest civilizations.

View of ancient Rome. Public domain image from Yale Center for British Art. According to Roman mythology, the city of Rome was founded on April 21, 753 BCE, by Romulus, a half-god who vanquished ...

Archaeologists in Rome have discovered beautiful, ancient paint—but not just any paint. Known as “Egyptian Blue,” it’s among the oldest synthetic pigments in the world, with the newly ...

But in January 2025, archaeologists announced that they had discovered a massive five-pound ingot of Egyptian Blue during excavations at the Domus Aurea, the imperial residence of Emperor Nero in ...

Weddell’s own journey to Rome to purchase the statue reflects the practice of Grand Tours across the cities of the ancient world, popular among young British aristocrats. A painter who ...