In 1885, German archaeologist Max Ohnefalsch-Richter located the Sanctuary of Apollo at Frangissa in a remote valley near the ...

Geologists have found that an ancient meteorite hit Scotland 200 million years later than previously thought, which has massive implications for the geological history of the region and some of the U.

More than just beautiful adornments, gemstones have been revered for centuries for their purported metaphysical properties, symbolic meanings, and healing energies. This article delves into the ...

Two metal detectorists recently came across millennia-old treasure in a small European village. The discovery was made this spring in the Romanian commune of Breaza, Mureș County, which is ...

Russell is a Science Writer with IFLScience and has a PhD in the History of Science, Medicine and Technology. Imagine walking along a simple country path with your kids only for one of them to ...

Early this past March, during a family trip to Tel Azekah, near Beit Shemesh, 3.5-year-old Ziv Nitzan from Moshav Ramot Meir found an ancient scarab amulet, about 3,800 years old." During a family ...

The family brought in the Israel Antiquities Authority, and Daphna Ben-Tor, an expert in ancient amulets and seals, analyzed the amulet before declaring it a 3,800-year-old Canaanite scarab from t ...

In February, a man from southern Alberta flew to Central America to return an ancient artifact his family had been gifted decades before. Don McDougall from Okotoks, Alta., says a jade amulet from ...

The seal was a Canaanite scarab from the Middle Bronze Age, according to Dr. Daphna Ben-Tor, an expert in ancient amulets and seals. What they're saying: "Scarabs were used in this period as seals ...