A young woman buried in China’s Tarim Basin some 2,000 years ago went to the afterlife accompanied by the height of fashion. The woman, who was wrapped in a felt blanket and buried in a coffin ...

Let’s put a moratorium on Bernstein and Sondheim and Hammerstein and Hart and Menhuin and Baremboim and Bette and Barbra.. take down those Chagalls, Modigliani’s and Soutine’s…need I go on?

During summer camp, kids take a deep dive into the Smithsonian’s collections through museum visits, hands-on projects, games, ...

Learning doesn’t always mean flipping through heavy textbooks or sitting in a long lecture. Sometimes, it just takes ...

The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the museum’s collection Jack Tamisiea The newly-described early pterosaur ...

We're taking a look back at 10 of the most memorable space moments from 2025, as we leap into a new year that's sure to be chock-full of more intriguing space events and discoveries. 2025 was filled ...

Ancient artifacts shocked the world… until scientists took a closer look. 🧐 Some discoveries rewrote history overnight — and then completely collapsed. From legendary relics to museum icons, not ...

New analysis of human remains found at the site of Charterhouse Warren in southwest England has revealed shocking evidence of a macabre event that occurred in the Bronze Age (ca. 2500–700 b.c.). In ...

ROME, Dec 5 (Reuters) - While slaves in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii were considered no more than "speaking tools", some received better food than ordinary people, Italy's culture ministry said ...

Archaeologists with the World Monuments Fund uncovered over 100 previously unknown archaeological structures in Peru’s Rio Abiseo National Park. The area in and around the park was the home of the ...

If there were a place that could be called the archaeological almanac of Saudi Arabian culture, it would be Tell Abraq, located on the west coast of the United Arab Emirates. This area contains traces ...