Artifacts
'Sensational' Runestone Discovered in Norway May Be the World's Oldest
The find promises to shed new light on lingering questions about runic writing's early history
For the First Time, U.S. Repatriates an Artifact to the Palestinian Authority
The item, an ivory cosmetic spoon, dates back to between 800 and 700 B.C.E.
Police Discover Hundreds of Stolen Artifacts at Two Spanish Residences
The collection includes bones, Paleolithic tools, an ancient Roman loom and more
Three Pioneering Scholars Who Died This Year
They believed that the stories of marginalized communities were worth chronicling
Pope Francis Will Return Parthenon Sculptures to Greece
The fifth-century B.C.E. artifacts have been at the Vatican Museum for 200 years
Ten Strange and Amazing Historical Artifacts We’ve Launched to Space
As spaceflight catapults us into a high-tech future, several missions have made sure to honor the past
Metal Detectorist Finds Medieval Wedding Ring in Near-Perfect Condition
Discovered five inches underground, the rare 14th-century artifact could sell for $47,000
You Can Own a Piece of Forrest Fenn's Treasure
The valuable artifacts, hidden in the Rocky Mountains for more than a decade, are going up for auction
The Ten Coolest Artifacts at the New Museum of Broadway
Peek behind the curtain of "Ziegfeld Follies," "The Lion King," "Kinky Boots" and more
Massachusetts Museum Returns Wounded Knee Artifacts to Sioux Tribes
A ceremony on Saturday marked the conclusion of a long repatriation process
Scientists Translate the Oldest Sentence Written in the First Alphabet
Inscribed on a Canaanite comb, the words reveal a struggle with head lice
A Pilgrimage to Honor a Blues Legend
With a mysterious memento from long ago in hand, a devoted fan of the blues artist Mississippi John Hurt returns to the Delta
Explorers Find Cameras Abandoned by Mountain Climbers in 1937
Scientists traced the movement of Canada’s Walsh Glacier to find the long-lost cache
Human Remains May Have Revealed the Site of a Medieval Friary
Archaeologists uncovered nearly 300 skeletons and other artifacts from beneath an old Welsh department store
These Gold Coins Were Stashed in a Stone Wall Nearly 1,400 Years Ago
Archaeologists found the 44 Byzantine-era coins during excavations in the Golan Heights
Archaeologists Discover Evidence of Earliest Known Opium Use
At a burial site in Israel, pottery from the 14th century B.C.E. contained traces of the drug
The Netherlands Repatriates 343 Ceramics to Panama
The pre-Hispanic pottery pieces range from bowls to plates to burial vessels
Customs Officials Seize a 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Artifact in Tennessee
The stone sculpture depicts the Egyptical funeral deity Imsety
Museum of the Bible Returns Centuries-Old Gospel Manuscript to Greece
The artifact had been stolen from a monastery during World War I
London's Horniman Museum Will Return Stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
The 72 objects were looted from Benin City more than a century ago
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