After detailed scans of the find and a yearslong preservation process, experts identified the material as a 1,600-year-old purple fabric woven with gold threads. Its purple dye, now faded to a red ...

Striking gold jewelry and weapons made by Sarmatian nomads have been unearthed from three burial mounds in Kazakhstan that ...

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

Christie’s is selling off unique gold necklaces, rings, and more from ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt that are worth far less than contemporary pieces from today’s luxury designers. The “incredibly ...

Ancient jewelry is up for auction at Christie's on Feb. 4, where buyers can snag a piece of history for less than today's modern fine jewelry. Tamara Beckwith/NY Post Who needs jewelry fit for a ...

It’s certainly not because the pieces aren’t precious, Solomon said. “Ancient jewelry is much less expensive than what retail is right now,” she said. In fact, some of the items up for ...

Jenny Bird’s contemporary jewelry designs may be a hit with celebrities, but that doesn’t mean they’ll be a big hit to your wallet. Everyone from Taylor Swift to Hailey Bieber to Kylie ...

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...

The Sterkfontein excavation site, which exposes the ancient deposits that once formed underground and contain Australopithecus fossils. The fossil-bearing red sediments clearly contrast with the grey ...

(Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Sotheby's) Frank Everett, the Vice Chairman of Sotheby's Jewelry, says, “Antique and vintage pieces—antique jewelry by definition, is 100 years or ...

Population of ancient Greece, Men weighing merchandise, side B of an Attic black-figure amphora. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.5 Estimating the population of ancient Greece is a ...

Even after collecting jewelry for the past decade, I still find that buying fine jewelry online isn’t always easy. There are karats and carats to think about. The all-time-high price of gold now ...