A team of Kuwaiti and Polish archaeologists have discovered a mysterious 7500-year-old figurine with reptilian features.

Dzan, Mexico – Surrounded by dense jungle and beneath intertwining canopies of towering trees, Luis May Ku, 49, trudges ahead ...

A 2,200-year-old ceramic drinking vessel has confirmed what archaeologists have long suspected: some ancient Egyptians were tripping on hallucinogens. For the first time, scientists have discovered ...

The natural process of clay pottery making of the Chorotega indigenous people does not happen in just a matter of a day. It is a timely process from the collection of the earth’s natural materials, to ...

is expected to receive more visitors than any other touring exhibitions of ancient Egyptian art in the world. [Photo by Gao Erqiang/chinadaily.com.cn] So far, a total of 1.3 million tickets have ...

(CNN) — Researchers have discovered the residues of psychedelic drugs, bodily fluids and alcohol inside a 2,000-year-old mug, suggesting that ancient Egyptians imbibed hallucinogenic beverages d ...

Clay cylinders unearthed from a tomb in Syria ... but Schwartz compared them with characters used in West Semitic languages — including ancient and modern forms of Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic ...

As one of the first medium-sized ancient urban centers in western Syria ... they found various artifacts within these tombs, including jewelry, pottery, cookware, and more. But some of the most ...

Small clay cylinders from an ancient Syrian tomb have letters etched into them. The 2400-year-old tablets are the oldest ...

Deir el-Balah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Traditional clay pottery is seeing a resurgence in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinians are forced to find solutions for a shortage of plates and ...

A team of researchers from the University of South Florida has discovered the first-ever physical evidence that ancient Egyptians got messed up on rowdy cocktails of hallucinogenic drugs.

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