A recet video by the British Museum described how its cuneiform instructions could be followed to find the resting place of ...

Bonampak means "painted walls" in Maya, and the site is known for just that: beautiful murals depicting the life of the ancient Maya ... who feared that the world would end when the head was ...

In recent years, LiDAR laser scanning has allowed researchers to analyze large swaths of densely forested land in Mexico in ...

The 4,500-year-old pyramids of Giza are the backdrop for "Forever Is Now," which features sculptures, installations and ...

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Amulet inlay: figure of Anubis Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Inlay of mummy figure with human head Freer Gallery of Art and ...

Based in Culver City, the organization has collected over 90,000 posters from 100 countries. Founded in 1988, the center claims “the largest collection of post-World War II political posters in ...

Built between 294 and 282 B.C.E., it quickly assumed its place among the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, joining structures ... Writing for The Collector, art historian Kieren Johns described ...

The ancient ... the world's oldest civilizations. Favored with an abundance of natural resources, the people of this region developed metalworking and pottery-making to a level of sophistication ...

The DNA from archaeological cat remains is being tested in an effort to solve the mystery of cat domestication. Scientists ...

The Ancient ... game’s world. Your objective is to shoot and pop balloons to rack up points and boost your overall score. To ...

Across history, ancient civilizations crafted prototypes for many of the modern mechanisms that have become integral to contemporary life.

The ancient Maya also mastered astronomy, mathematics, art and architecture, and a glyph system of writing on stone, ceramics, and paper. Using the labels on or below the map below, visit 15 of ...