In an op-ed in the Courier Journal, Chris Reitz, the chairman of the Metro Government Commission on Public Art (COPA), resigned in protest over the future of the King Louie statue, damaged during ...

In the ruins ... ancient Assyrian metropolis Nineveh, in modern Iraq, researchers have unearthed a rare artifact: a massive stone relief depicting important deities and Ashurbanipal, the last ...

Archaeologists excavating the ruins of an ancient Assyrian king’s throne room in Iraq found a massive 26,000-pound carving, a university said. Photo from Schmitt via Heidelberg University ...

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Ryholt believed the smaller dynasty would have ruled the region of Abydos during a time when ancient Egypt was broken into rival kingdoms. That first tomb’s owner, King Seneb-Kay, was an ...

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The unearthing of the long-lost tomb of ancient Egyptian King Thutmose II is being described as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in recent years. Thutmose II's mummy was ...

Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists in Egypt announced a breakthrough discovery, saying they found the long-lost tomb of the ancient King Thutmose II.