In 2021, 26 treasures that French colonial troops had pillaged from the African kingdom of Dahomey in 1892 made the long journey home from a museum in Paris to what is now the Republic of Benin. Their ...

In 1974, a mysterious metallic sphere was discovered by the Betz family on Fort George Island, Florida. What began as a strange artifact found after a brush fire quickly spiraled into one of the most ...

In November 2021, 26 objects from the Kingdom of Dahomey plundered by French colonialists in 1892 were returned to Benin, the west African nation that now encompasses Dahomey that gained its ...

Norway's melting glaciers are revealing objects from the Stone Age, the Iron Age, and the medieval era. Some ancient artifacts are mysteries, but they still indicate trade routes through the mountains ...

A bargain hunter recently spotted ancient artifacts, including rings and medallions, that were up for sale for a mere $30. The customer noticed the treasures at a thrift store in Chilliwack, Canada, ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered a mysterious Roman-era settlement site in Germany, complete with building remains and hundreds of artifacts dating back nearly two millennia. The Schafbreite site, ...

For the first time, a secret hoard of gold and silver artifacts, discovered in Laos in 2008, is revealed to the world. What makes this treasure truly priceless is its mysterious origins and the ...

Archaeologists have unearthed mysterious 400,000-year-old artifacts made from mammoth tusks that may be the oldest human-made ivory objects ever found. They describe their findings in a recent paper ...