This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection ...

Quartz crystals were valued by the ancient Egyptians as talismans with powers to prevent aging. - Bob Kammerling Rose quartz beads dating back to 7000 BC have been found in the area once known as ...

At an archaeological excavation site in western Syria, Schwartz unearthed a “finger-length” clay cylinder with etched ...

The early writing appears to date to around 2400 B.C.—preceding the previous most bygone examples by roughly 500 years.

What appears to be evidence of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is etched onto finger-length, clay cylinders ...

The laptop of the IRS agent who tracked 120,000 Bitcoin stolen from Bitfinex in 2016 will be on display at the Smithsonian ...

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The wealthiest grave containing the oldest golden artifacts ever found from the 5th millennium BC was discovered in the 1970s ...

Traveling with jewelry can lend itself to many difficulties. Who hasn’t been faced with a tangled mess of earrings, necklaces, and bracelets upon opening their luggage at a new destination ...

This course examines jewelry’s important features and how they combine to give a piece its unique value. Content includes the unique qualities of precious metals, how to describe them to customers, ...