A prize offered by an Indian state leader is intended to shed light on a Bronze Age civilization — and settle a cultural battle.

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The result is a harshly critical societal view of play. Activities that you play, instead of simply do, are ousted from the ...

Colin Renfrew played a key part in transforming archaeology into a problem-oriented, theoretically explicit and ...

For years, fans have wanted God of War to explore the Egyptian pantheon, and if that happens it could face a challenge it wouldn't have years ago.

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A sensational new papyrus from Israel documents fraud and sedition on the eve of a major Jewish revolt against Rome in the ...