6+ mon, 4+ day ago   (156+ words) Some “unicorn horns” reached lengths of up to ten feet. Merchants focused on Greenland to prevent travelers from debunking the origin of their sacred wares. The Ancient Greeks were the first to record proof of “unicorns” existing before the Vikings…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (408+ words) community’s emergence from a mecca of Bronze Age trading to a more administrative city. Silver plaques...that the area was vital in establishing ancient trading networks. "We are witnessing the economic...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (309+ words) The United Nations' cultural agency Unesco this week announced the launch of a virtual museum showcasing hundreds of looted artefacts – a bid to educate the public about the consequences of trafficking cultural property. A Zambian ritual mask, a pendant from…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (517+ words) Archaeologists scouting a new motorway route in the Czech Republic stumbled upon a second century B.C. Celtic settlement. In one of the largest archaeological hauls ever from Bohemia, crews located hundreds of gold and silver coins and precious amber. The production…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (725+ words) A spectacular brass astrolabe - or a hand-held astronomical computer - from the 17th Century, once part of the royal collection of Jaipur city in western India, will go under the hammer at Sotheby's in London on 29 April. The object is "perhaps the…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (426+ words) Archaeologists with the World Monuments Fund uncovered over 100 previously unknown archaeological structures in Peru’s Rio Abiseo National Park. The area in and around the park was the home of the Chachapoya civilization from the seventh through 16th centuries. Located over 6,500 feet…...