A moment of shock unfolded at a free art exhibition in Beijing when a child accidentally knocked over a handmade gold wedding ...

Vessels brimming with coins suggest a convenient method of hiding savings underground.

Deep inside a remote Mexican cave, a pair of explorers thought they had stumbled on modern litter, the kind of plastic and ...

Once a site is looted, context — and the knowledge it carries — is lost forever.

Ochre remains, dating back 18,000 years ago, were unearthed at the Fodongdi site in Lincang, Southwest China's Yunnan ...

Complete Collection of Gold and Silver Artifacts Unearthed in China Photo: Courtesy of China Science Publishing & Media Ltd.

There's something about ancient civilizations that fascinates us even thousands of years later. Their architecture, ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

The Benin Bronzes, taken from what is now Nigeria, have become a symbol in the effort to return looted artifacts to their ...

The museum's reopening serves as a symbolic display of stability ahead of planned elections in 2026, one expert told NBC News.

The repatriation of several stolen artifacts from the U.S. has been completed, including a bronze emperor statue from the ...

The case came to light after a photograph showing a man holding the skull appeared on Facebook earlier this year.