High on the sheer limestone face of the Zagros Mountains, a king’s voice is frozen in stone. This is the Behistun Inscription, carved by the command of…

On the wild edge of Northern California, where the Pacific breathes its salt-laden breath onto the land, the sandstone reveals its secret life. This is not a…

In a wooden chest near Siena, time has preserved the humble seeds of an empire. These are not coins, but their ancestors: aes rude, rough, broken lumps of…

In the painted desert of Arizona, the earth is littered with the ghosts of forests. This is not wood, but its perfect stone echo—a petrified log from…

The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced on December 11 that archaeologists had recently discovered and excavated a rare bust of the famous ancient King Ramses II near…

In the silent heart of Pompeii, a house holds its breath. This atrium, sealed by the wrath of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and then unearthed centuries…