Tagged: artifact

An ancient marble slab that wound up on display in a midtown Manhattan art gallery after being stolen in Greece 30 years ago has been returned to Greek officials. The large sarcophagus fragment worth $500,000 was stolen from a burial ground near the port city...

Archaeologists have discovered a trove of engraved jewelry and gold artifacts in two Bronze Age tombs that could shine a new light on life in ancient Greece. The discovery was announced on Tuesday in Greece. The team had spent more than 18 months excavating and...

Federal prosecutors on Monday called for returning an ancient artifact, the “Gilgamesh Dream Tablet,” that was stolen some years ago before it was unwittingly purchased by Hobby Lobby for display in the company’s Bible-themed museum in Washington, D.C. A Monday civil complaint filed by Brooklyn...

Archaeologists discovered a miniature watch in an ancient tomb that was sealed for over 400 years. It is a miniature watch that is literally out-of-place and time, and researchers cannot explain its origin let-alone the mysterious inscription on it. The watch appears to be about...

Ancient Romans in Prehispanic Mexico? The mysterious Tecaxic-Calixtlahuaca head was discovered in 1933, and according to researchers it seems to be a fragment of a larger figure. It was discovered in a pre-Columbian tomb near Tecaxic-Calixtlahuaca in the valley of Toluca by archaeologist José Garcia-Payón....

On December 17, 1790, the Sun Stone (Stone of the Five Eras), or sometimes (erroneously) called Aztec calendar stone was rediscovered during repairs in Mexico City. The artifact is a late post-classic Mexica sculpture, probably the most famous work of Aztec sculpture. The disc-shaped stone...