Eugène Delacroix's 1830 oil painting had been covered in grime and discolored by eight layers of varnish
A traveling exhibition on view in Washington, D.C. blends education and entertainment, letting visitors get up close and personal with the ancient Egyptian pharaoh's treasures
In 1624, Dutch settlers arrived in Manhattan. Now, officials are marking the milestone with an honest examination of the past
The 1,110-pound ordnance is one of many bombs that have surfaced in Europe decades after the war's end
Found during a construction project near the railway station in York, the trove includes pottery and bones
The mysterious site is mentioned in a text buried by Mount Vesuvius' eruption 2,000 years ago
"We have become so accustomed to seeing them on show that we often forget they once belonged to living people," says Melanie Pitkin, a senior curator at the Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney
The image, which sold for $22,000 at auction this week, was taken aboard a recovery vessel days after the famous ocean liner went down
A trio of interlocking enclosures, the structure may date to the time of the Bell Beaker culture, but experts are unsure of its exact age and purpose
Archaeologists in Narbonne, France, have been studying the necropolis since 2017
The iconic Paris landmark has never experienced such a mishap in its 135-year history
Researchers who spent years fixing errors in shoddy government records have partnered with Ancestry to make a wide selection of historical documents related to the period available for free
The footprints, left behind by a 16-foot-long creature some 96 million years ago, represent the biggest raptor tracks ever found
Researchers examined over 400 skeletons to uncover secrets from the Avar empire
Discovered in Valencia in 1994, the iron blade was recently dated to the tenth century, when the Umayyad Caliphate controlled the Iberian Peninsula
The seven-foot-tall bronze monument is billed as the "first permanent memorial" to the late queen
Researchers think the 1,800-year-old artifact could be linked to a Roman emperor who was "obsessed" with the Macedonian conqueror
Beginning in 1883, 18 mules and two horses hauled wagons full of borax across eastern California
Excavations north of Mount Vesuvius revealed Roman ruins buried by the eruption in 79 C.E.
Researchers at Mount Vernon say that the stash still "bore the characteristic scent of cherry blossoms"
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