The day after the artifacts vanished from the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology, officials arrested 52-year-old Miguel Simon Mungarrieta Monsalve. “The defendant believed it was his duty to acquire ...

From the perfectly symmetrical stone vessels of Saqqara to the massive granite boxes of the Serapeum, some Egyptian artifacts display levels of precision that challenge conventional explanations. This ...

Researchers are using 3D analysis to uncover lost connections among ancient artifacts, revealing how fragments of Egyptian ...

Authorities quickly recovered the stolen treasures, including a 2,600-year-old wooden cat statue, a mummy mask and an ancient ...

Researchers have identified the earliest known "mechanically sophisticated" drill found in association with ancient Egyptian ...

A brazen overnight break-in at the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology in Caboolture, north of Brisbane, has ended with a 52-year-old man arrested and charged, after police say they recovered most of ...

Denison University will host a roundtable discussion on the complex debate surrounding the repatriation of cultural artifacts.

New insights reveal where Bronze Age Mycenae's gold may have originated, from Thrace to Egypt and further afield.

A small metal object discovered more than a century ago is changing what scientists know about ancient Egyptian technology. Researchers from Newcastle University and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna ...

It’s a project of mass violence, part of which involves total erasure and the widespread theft of some of the most culturally significant artifacts in the world. Even today, colonizing nations proudly ...

In 1922, archaeologists uncovered the intact tomb of Tutankhamun, exposing thousands of artifacts placed around the young Egyptian king for burial. Among the gold ornaments, chariots and ritual items ...

Andrew Oddy looks back on his career as Keeper of Conservation at the British Museum and the exposure test that bears his name ...