Tribal artifacts that have been stored in the archives of the British Museum in London for nearly 120 years are being returned to a Native American tribe for...
Half-man, half-beast, the tall African statues dominate a busy gallery in Paris’ Quai Branly Museum.
Researchers have discovered the oldest figurative tattoos in the world on the upper arms of two ancient Egyptian mummies, the British Museum said Thursday.
French officials said Wednesday they plan to loan the historic Bayeux Tapestry to Britain, allowing the 11th-century artwork depicting the conquest of England...
“Salvator Mundi,” Leonardo Da Vinci’s painting of Jesus that recently sold for a record $450 million, is heading to the Louvre Abu Dhabi.
A series of 100 etchings by Picasso, which depict his personal and political turmoil in the 1930s, has sold for 1.9 million euros ($2.2 million) in Paris,...
London’s newest tourist attraction is perfect for underground explorers.
Throughout the ages, from the ancient Greeks to the Renaissance, 18th-century Japan to America’s First Nations, gays, lesbians and transgender people have...
British officials say they’ve been unable to trace the rightful heirs to a trove of gold coins found stashed inside a piano and worth a “life-changing” amount...
British officials are trying to trace the owner of a trove of gold coins worth a “life-changing” amount of money found stashed inside a piano.
The British Museum, famed for a collection ranging from Egyptian mummies to Roman artifacts to medieval manuscripts, has turned its gaze on the modern United...
Two amateur treasure hunters have uncovered a bracelet decorated with some of the earliest Celtic art ever found in Britain in a trove of gold jewelry...
As Iraqi forces fight to take Mosul back from Daesh (ISIS) archaeologists trained by the British Museum are preparing for another battle: trying to save what...
A teenager on Monday pleaded guilty to killing a US tourist and injuring five others in a central London knife attack, with prosecutors accepting his...
For years, herder Gelegrash had a sideline bringing tourists to see a dinosaur skull hidden near the Flaming Cliffs in Mongolia’s Gobi desert.
The Ministry of Antiquities says Egypt's embassy in London has received a limestone relief that had been stolen from Queen Hatshepsut's temple in Luxor.
The hidden secrets of Egyptian mummies up to 3,000 years old have been virtually unwrapped and reconstructed for the first time using cutting-edge scanning...
In a corner of the British Museum’s South African exhibition, near an ancient golden rhino and a collection of apartheid-era campaign badges, sits a glass...
More of south Lebanon’s crumbling cultural monuments will get needed funds for restoration, Italian Ambassador to Lebanon Massimo Marotti announced as he...
The Arab world lost one of its most important, and prolific, senior artists Saturday.