Though the controversies surrounding Pattanam have put an end to excavation work at the archaeological village in Kerala, the ...

In Jingdezhen, China an ancient ceramics factory is being transformed into Taoxi Mingzhu, a landmark mixed-use complex ...

Items from Nanhai No 1, which sank during the Southern Song dynasty and was found in 1987, tell us about life in the past.

New research has revealed bone powder was a crucial substance as ancient China's Peiligang culture emerged from a ...

A prize offered by an Indian state leader is intended to shed light on a Bronze Age civilization — and settle a cultural ...

Poly MGM Museum celebrates seafaring heritage with an inaugural exhibition that brings together various rare artefacts, ...

Stefanie Jones, who plays Mary Poppins, and Jack Chambers, who plays Bert, pose for photographs on Calton Hill, to mark the ...

One of the first applications of laser-stimulated fluorescence in anthropology, the tattoos contain lines only 0.1 millimeter ...

In the mythic geography book Shan Hai Jing (Classic of Mountains and Seas), many gods hold snakes or hang snakes around their ears, or have a snake’s body, as a mark of their extraordinary abilities, ...

Sure, you've heard of blue and red, but what about zaffre and falu? Get to know these 30 obscure colors that can transform an ...

Archaeologists uncovered the largest Majiayao culture settlement in Gansu, China, revealing new insights into a ...