The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, has acquired Standing Figure Holding a Were-Jaguar Baby (around 900BC-300BC), a jade statuette at the centre of Olmec civilisation studies since the ...

To do so they explored the remains of 94 women spanning about 6,000 years, from the time of the early neolithic farmers (dating back to around 5,300BC) through to the 9th century, from countries ...

If true, the toe will predate what is currently considered to be the earliest known practical prosthesis – an artificial leg from 300BC – by several hundred years.

A 2,300-year-old rare gold crown is expected to fetch £100,000 after being discovered in a tatty cardboard box in Somerset. The delicate Greek myrtle wreath, which is thought to date to 300BC, is ...

Language Matters | When China invented ketchup in 300BC, and how it morphed from a preserved fish sauce to sweet tomato gloop ...

Geological experts say the ancient tsunami dumped sediment, shells and marine fossils across the region that date back to 300BC. A similar size wave today would flood Wall Street and central ...

A Manhattan gallery’s lawsuit contesting the seizure and return of an ancient bust of Alexander the Great (around 300BC) has been dismissed, after a New York judge ruled in Italy’s favour. The ...

Originating 5,000 years ago with inscriptions dating to 300BC and speakers across the world at present, Tamil is widely accepted as the world’s first written and oldest surviving language ...

Rag and bone cup dates to 300BC The grandson of a rag and bone man who acquired a small metal cup is in line for a windfall after discovering it is a pure gold vessel dating back to the third or ...

Between 300BC and AD300, there is evidence of Iron Age settlers building fortifications and defensive works and so Stirling developed into a town of both strategic importance and wealth.

In 300BC, barrier beaches and marsh grass embroidered the coast, and Native Americans walked the shore. Today, a wave of the proposed size would leave Wall Street and the Long Island Expressway awash ...

The Sangam age is considered to have existed between 300BC and AD300. But a new report released by the TN archaeology department after determining the age through carbon dating of material ...