OLYMPIA, GREECE—Greece’s Central Archaeological Council has approved several renovation projects for the site of Ancient Olympia.
The projects, which include a road for pedestrians and bicycles, are focused on making the area more welcoming to visitors.
TAXILA—Coins and other artifacts from the Gandhara civilization are missing from a mound near Pakistan’s Mohra Muradu Stupa and Monastery, which dates to the fourth century A.D., and is listed…
NEO MONASTIRI, GREECE—More than 300 clay figurines have been uncovered at the Neolithic site of Koutroulou Magoula in central Greece. The figurines represent males and females, and several depict…
CAIRO, EGYPT—Forensic analysis of the Egyptian mummy of Ramesses III by scientists from the Insтιтute for Mummies and the Iceman suggests that he was murdered. CT scans revealed a…
The first section of tunnels beneath Rome’s Baths of Caracalla will soon open to tourists. Slaves used the tunnels to carry wood to the 50 ovens heating water for…
The ‘Supreme Ultimate’ diagram of Taoism, the Taijitu of Yin and Yang dates back in China to around a coupke of thousands years ago, yet its origins…
PARIS, FRANCE—According to a Live Science report, human remains found in a sealed lead coffin beneath the nave of Notre Dame Cathedral have been identified as the French Renaissance…