A two-thousand-year-old cup, often referred to as the ‘Jesus Cup’, was retrieved from the sea and may be the earliest known reference to Jesus Christ. This significant discovery was found in Egypt and ...

It was like discovering an alien on the set of “Independence Day.” Archaeologists have revealed the provenance of the iconic “holy grail” cup discovered alongside 12 human skeletons at the exact ...

AFCON is Africa's continental showcase and gives no guarantees to the favorites as big names like Mohamed Salah and Didier Drogba have not claimed the top honors at the tournament.

Over 16 years, multiple people gave or sold the Met museum pottery shards that surprisingly came from the same ancient drinking cup. The cup was rebuilt, a seeming marvel of scholarship and luck, as ...

A detail of the Lycurgus Cup shows its phosphorescent quality. (all images via Ancient Art Podcast) OAKLAND, Calif. — Some of my favorite images from the classical world are archaeologist Vinzenz ...

Ancient humans manipulated and utilized the bones of deceased individuals buried in a cave over a period of thousands of years, researchers have found. For a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, a ...

Traditionally known as the “first citizen of Athens,” Pericles was a lover of art and literature, and a driving force behind the Parthenon’s construction. Now, archeologists in the modern Greek ...

J.H. Taylor receives the trophy from the Prince of Wales after Britain defeats the U.S. in 1933. The biennial competition is named after Samuel Ryder, a seed merchant originally from Manchester who ...