Middle East, a new dynasty seized control of one of the world’s greatest empires – the Islamic Caliphate. Though little remembered in the west today, the Abbasids reigned for five centuries. They ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered a royal tomb linked to King Midas' family in Turkey, revealing bronze vessels and insights ...

Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts returned a pair of looted artifacts Friday to His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba Ewuare II, Oba of ...

In the ancient city of Gordion in Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed an 8th-century B.C.E. tomb with possible ties to King ...

Following this period, came the Abbasid Era, whose caliphs ruled the empire from Baghdad (750-1258). The caliph Al-Maamoun visited Egypt in order to suppress a Coptic rebellion in 832, ...

Professor C. Brian Rose of the Penn Museum, the Excavation Director at Gordion, Türkiye where the tomb was uncovered, spoke ...

Jase Robertson of "Duck Family Treasure" searches for artifacts at the Bonnie and Clyde ambush site. He unearthed a .45 slug potentially fired during the ambush. The new season of "Duck Family ...

When it comes to restoring Chinese cultural relics, there are many differences between domestic and foreign approaches. Broadly speaking, these differences involve historical and cultural ...

Samarra Archaeological City is the site of a powerful Islamic capital city that ruled over the provinces of the Abbasid Empire extending from Tunisia to Central Asia for a century. Located on both ...

The museum, with a 5,120-square-meter exhibition area, showcases 463 artifacts from the Han (206 BC-AD 220) to the Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Displays include pottery, bronze ware, silk fragments ...

Located in Luoyang, one of China's most ancient cities in Central China's Henan Province, the Han-Wei Luoyang Ancient City Site Museum is scheduled to open to the public for trial operations on ...