Medina al-Zahira is tied to one of the most powerful and controversial figures of late Umayyad al-Andalus: Almanzor (al-Manṣūr). While the caliphs reigned, Almanzor is remembered as the de facto ...
According to a statement released by the Autonomous University of Barcelona, people living some 5,000 years ago in the ...
Stable isotope analysis suggests that, before Roman aqueducts, residents of the city may have soaked in dirty water ...
Archaeologists working at Gela in southern Sicily have recovered a remarkably delicate, 5th-century BC bone stylus that blends the everyday with the provocative: a carved head - likely Dionysus - and, ...
An ancient war trumpet known as a carnyx was discovered in southeastern England — and it may have links to the Celtic Queen ...
Archaeologists discovered artifacts for sale in a thrift shop. They decided to create a college course on what to do about them. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
On May 7, 1915, the RMS Lusitania was nearing the Irish coast when a German U-boat fired a single torpedo. Within 18 minutes, the ship had sunk, leaving over a thousand dead and just over 700 ...
One by one, crew members slowly hauled out large wooden boxes filled with chandeliers, posters, a cash register, the top of a bar, and other items frozen in time from June 12, 2016. It was nearly all ...
ROME (AP) — Rome opened two subway stations on Tuesday — one deep beneath the Colosseum — that mix the modernity of high-tech transport with artifacts from an ancient era. Universal: Mardi Gras 2026 ...
ROME (AP) — Rome opened two subway stations on Tuesday — one deep beneath the Colosseum — that mix the modernity of high-tech transport with artifacts from an ancient era. Commuters and tourists ...
Our oceans and seas have claimed countless vessels since the earliest days of seafaring. Most shipwrecks have been long-forgotten, perhaps never having received much notice to begin with, but other ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Cape Fear Museum of History and Science is scheduled to close to the public ahead of its transition to a brand-new facility. The current museum location, 814 Market ...