What do we know about Mycenaean trade? By looking at archaeological evidence, we can see which places the Mycenaeans traded ...

Population of ancient Greece, Men weighing merchandise, side B of an Attic black-figure amphora. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.5 Estimating the population of ancient Greece is a ...

George Etheredge for The New York Times Towering over the middle of the hall is Nick Cave’s new bronze sculpture “Amalgam (Origin),” a barefoot figure wrapped in flowers and leaves that ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

Life in the ancient Bronze Age city of Kurd Qaburstan, an ancient Mesopotamian site in present-day Iraq, has long been a mystery to archaeologists due to limited research and a lack of historical ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent The Derveni Papyrus, named for the ...

including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural remains, may provide a wealth of knowledge about this Middle Bronze Age city and shed light on the more ...

“It is extremely rare to be able to study an ancient monetary deposit in its entirety in its archaeological context,” the INRA wrote in a translated press release. “Its examination will ...

An array of ancient vessels were ... an important port during the Late Bronze Age, which spanned from 1600 to 1050 B.C. Among the vessels discovered were stirrup jars, which are distinguished ...

Archaeologists in Greece recently unearthed a trove of ancient jars ... during the Late Bronze Age, which spanned from 1600 to 1050 B.C. Among the vessels discovered were stirrup jars, which ...