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Revolution Number 99 America was full of angry people in...
Revolution Number 99 America was full of angry people in September 2011, when a few hundred citizens decided to make their anger count. V.F.’s oral history of Occupy Wall Street shows how the spark...
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WWII letter discovered in Louis XV desk at Versailles
WWII letter discovered in Louis XV desk at Versailles: For 67 years, a message from Nazi-occupied France remained hidden in a secret drawer of a desk that belonged to France’s 18th century King Louis...
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Bulgarian Archaeologist Discovers Ancient Thracian Relief
Bulgarian Archaeologist Discovers Ancient Thracian Relief: A ceramic relief of an Ancient Thracian horseman, a major ancient deity, has been found at the holy rock city of Perperikon by Bulgarian...
View ArticleGreece Secures Swiss Confiscation of Rare Ancient Coin that was Allegedly...
Greece Secures Swiss Confiscation of Rare Ancient Coin that was Allegedly illegally Excavated: THESSALONIKI, Greece — A Swiss court has ordered the confiscation of a very rare ancient silver coin that...
View ArticleElizabeth Brumfiel, 1945-2012
Elizabeth Brumfiel, 1945-2012: archaeologicalnews: Elizabeth Brumfiel, a past president of the American Anthropological Association, was a widely recognized scholar in the field of feminist...
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Cliffs End Farm - skeleton of an old man by Wessex Archaeology...
Cliffs End Farm - skeleton of an old man by Wessex Archaeology on Flickr. Five skeletons were found in a Late Bronze Age pit, this one appears to be pointing towards the centre of a large horshoe ditch...
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Guards agree to open sites and museums on weekends
Guards agree to open sites and museums on weekends: Guards at museums and archaeological sites have decided to suspend their weekend strikes over unpaid wages. State-run museums and famous sites like...
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One of World's Oldest Korans Goes on Display at British Museum
One of World's Oldest Korans Goes on Display at British Museum: One of the oldest known copies of the Koran went on show at the British Museum today ahead of a new exhibition. The Koran, lent by the...
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Ah, childhood. For the longest time, I wanted a Jack Russel...
Ah, childhood. For the longest time, I wanted a Jack Russel Terrier because that’s how much I loved this dog. It’s Wishbone. <3 WHAT’S THE STORY, WISHBONE?
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Check your garages — some rust turns to gold. This old bike,...
Check your garages — some rust turns to gold. This old bike, which just happens to be one of the first motorcycles ever made, just sold for $72,540!
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1850s Bathroom Being Preserved
1850s Bathroom Being Preserved: NATCHEZ — National Park Service staff disassembled a bathroom dating back to the 1850s in Dunleith Thursday in hopes of preserving it as a cultural artifact. Park...
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Remarkable Cave City Needs Guardian Angels
Remarkable Cave City Needs Guardian Angels: It is off the beaten path of world tourism. Unlike the great monuments of ancient Rome, Greece, Egypt, China and Mesoamerica, it sees comparatively fewer...
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These photographs of a 15th century Ottoman scroll of the Koran...
These photographs of a 15th century Ottoman scroll of the Koran come from historian Rachel Leow, who took them at the Asian Civilizations Museum in Singapore. This is how she describes what you’re...
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“This is an artist’s conception of what an ancient city such as...
“This is an artist’s conception of what an ancient city such as Uruk in Mesopotamia may have looked like. Typically, people lived in their homes, but slept on the flat roofs at night where the desert...
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“An act making an alteration in the Flag of the United...
“An act making an alteration in the Flag of the United States” Approved by President George Washington on January 13, 1794, this act called for the Flag of the United States to have fifteen stripes and...
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