A $2.3 million restoration is using advanced laser technology to clean and preserve the 1,840-year-old Rome’s Column of Marcus Aurelius.

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Learn what Cambodian New Year is, why it matters, and how families celebrate with temples, merit-making, elder blessings, and ...

Researchers studied fossils, well-preserved remains and even a single fingerprint to solve some of history’s long-standing mysteries this year.

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For generations, Italian craftspeople have built scenes depicting Jesus’ birth, sometimes including figures of celebrities.

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Archaeologists excavating in İzmir, Turkey unearthed the head of a Hellenistic statue believed to depict the Greek goddess ...