“In ancient ... the statues, arms out in mock worship. They are laughing so hard they can barely stand up. Most people think that ancient Andean cultures, especially the Inca, esteemed gold ...

Crews found evidence of ancient gold mining, processing ... human and animal forms from the Greco-Roman period, small stone statues of deities such as Bastet and Harpocrates (some finished ...

Found at the Karnak Temple complex in Luxor, the 2,600-year-old trove includes a necklace depicting a golden trio of Egyptian deities ...

Excavations on the ruins of a fountain in Aspendos—an ancient Greco-Roman city now located in modern-day Turkey—unearthed a marble statue of the god Hermes. “Figures that remained buried for ...

containing gold jewellery and statues of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu. These artefacts, dating to the 26th Dynasty, provide insights into ancient Egyptian religious and artistic practices. Some findings ...

The ancient Egyptians sure loved gold, and it seems they saw human suffering as a small price to pay for the precious metal. New discoveries at a 2,300-year-old gold mine reveal that some workers ...

The jewellery collection consisted of rings made of gold and metal as well as a triple statue of ancient Egyptian gods, said Mohamed Abdel-Badii, the head of the Egyptian Archaeology Sector.

Researchers suspect the statues unearthed from the ancient city’s “East Street” could be a Roman imagining of Greek mythical figures made around the second century. What It Was Like To Go To ...