AncientWorldArtifacts

Popcorn is a truly ancient snack. Archaeologists have uncovered popcorn kernels that are 4,000 years old. They were so well-preserved, they ...

Jade (nephrite) burial suit of Dou Wan from the Western Han dynasty When the Han Dynasty princess Dou Wan died some 2,000 years ago, her cor...

The record holder for an ancient Greek coin is the facing portrait gold stater of Pantikapaion, which brought $3.2m in a 2012 New York aucti...

Coin features two dolphins encircling a Cyzicus’ tuna. The dolphins symbolize Poseidon, the god of the sea. Cyzicus was one of the great tra...

Authorities in Egypt have cracked opened a newly discovered sarcophagus to unveil a more than 3,000-year-old female mummy, still perfectly ...

In 2016 an Israeli woman hiking in the Galilee discovered an impossibly rare gold coin - only the second such coin known. The coin, dating ...

Many of the fragments found in the famous Staffordshire Hoard come from the high-status helmet and experts have painstakingly spent the last...

In Greek mythology, Talos was a giant automaton made of bronze to protect Europa in Crete from pirates and invaders. He circled the island...