A man who attempted to smuggle hundreds of ancient Egyptian artifacts into the United States has been sentenced to six months ...

Students in one of Hiram’s Urgent Challenges Seminars, “Why Do Objects Matter?,” recently had the opportunity to engage directly with history during a special classroom visit from an education ...

Scarlett Johansson didn't sweat making her directorial debut. In fact, the actress-turned-filmmaker laughed her way through ...

Ashraf Omar Eldarir was sentenced to six months in prison for smuggling antiquities. The case comes amid upheaval in the art world over tomb raiders.

The piece was found along with “six bone buttons, a bone die and whetstone, all deposited in a steatite bowl,” according to a study published Aug. 11 by museum researcher Peter Pentz in the ...

Archaeologists discovered ancient docks and artifacts from a submerged 2,000-year-old city believed to be an extension of ...

Ancient 2,000-year-old artifacts were recovered from the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria, Egypt, possibly from the sunken ...

Ancient artifacts from a more than 2000-year-old city were lifted from the sea off the coast of Alexandria in Egypt, ...

Remnants of a 2,000-year-old sunken city, Canopus, were lifted from waters off Alexandria, Egypt, revealing the city might ...

Several large sculptures were among the trove of artifacts that divers recovered from the waters near Alexandria, Egypt.

As part of a major archaeological operation, Egyptian officials uncovered underwater remnants from a 2,000-year-old “party town” known as Canopus. Archaeologists believe that the city may be larger ...

Thieves have stolen four ancient artifacts, including an approximately 2,500-year-old gold helmet, after using explosives to break into a museum in the Netherlands. The daring heist took place at ...