A tourist has damaged two ancient clay figures from the terracotta army, one of China's foremost archaeological treasures.

A centuries-old mystery buried in a Finnish hillside has just taken a surprising turn. New analysis of ancient DNA has ...

Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty was the first emperor of ancient China and ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C. He's most ...

Ancient Greece is known for its mythology, which enshrined tales of mighty warriors, here are the finest that Greek mythology ...

An artist recreates what a Viking woman warrior from Birka may have looked ... as well as surviving bits of costly clothing and an ancient board game. Arranged around the skeleton, Stolpe found ...

A tunic of ancient warrior Alexander the Great was recently ... assisted the scientists in distinguishing the clothing’s identity. “Ancient sources describe a medium white tunic, and this ...

At the beginning of the century, archaeologists in a town just outside Paris discovered an ancient graveyard ... have been used to secure shrouds or clothing were found placed around the chest ...

The revelation gives a fresh perspective on the debate about women as ancient warriors. The researchers are careful not to suggest that the woman carried the bow in war—rather than for hunting ...

Languages: English, Spanish Barbarian warriors in ancient Roman times may have used ... to have played a role in the functioning of these clothing items. The study also revealed that all of ...

Ancient China began as a group of ... simply thousands of copies of the same figure. Each warrior is unique, with individual hairstyles, clothing, weapons, body shapes and expressions.

Lapo Gianni Marcucci French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research At the beginning of the century, archaeologists in a town just outside Paris discovered an ancient graveyard.