The statue, believed to be from the Hellenistic period, is currently being held by authorities for forensic testing. Discoveries of ancient artifacts are relatively common in Greece, often ...

The police said a man handed over a statue that he said he found in a plastic ... The discovery of ancient artifacts in surprising places is not uncommon in a country as rich in history and ...

A cloak of heavier fabric encircles her body, a roll of its deeply cut folds crosses ... one sculpture, carved during the reign of the Roman Emperor Augustus (31 BC-14 CE), and the body from another, ...

The ancient statue, after being examined in a police crime lab in northern Greece, will be sent to the local Ephorate of Antiquities for evaluation and safekeeping.Credit: Greek Police/Illustration ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

In the ancient city of Metropolis, located in İzmir, Turkey, archaeologists uncovered approximately 2,000 fragmented bronze statues in an area believed to have been used as a junkyard in ancient ...

An examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in ... related languages and art styles – sometimes referred to as Celtic – lived in England before the Roman invasion in 43 A.D ...

The Halsted A&A Foundation has acquired a 1st-century Roman statue of the ancient Greek goddess Athena ... Athena’s aegis (sash-like device) that crosses her chest,” Manchester says.

Still, much remains unknown about this Celtic tribe, as well as the many groups of prehistoric humans scattered across space and time., but Cassidy is convinced that ancient DNA will help unravel ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This photo provided by Bournemouth University in January 2025 shows burials being investigated at an Iron ...

Ancient DNA reveals that during the Iron Age, women in ancient Celtic societies were at the center of their social networks — unlike previous... Ancient Celtic tribe had women at its social ...