Archaeology Archaeologists in Switzerland Have Discovered What Could Be the Last Roman Gladiator Arena Ever Built That would make it the ultimate gladiator arena. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 4, 2022
Archaeology How the Beijing Olympics Helped Archaeologists Discover an 800-Year-Old Imperial Palace The Olympic Village had to be moved across the street to preserve the ruins of the imperial palace. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 4, 2022
Artnet News Pro A New Wave of Lawsuits Accuses 50 Art Galleries of Allegedly Violating the Americans With Disabilities Act Dealers complain that a lack of clear guidelines has opened the door to a flood of lawsuits. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 26, 2022
Archaeology How a Wildly Popular Fashion Trend That Dominated Stone Age African Civilizations Suggests a 50,000-Year-Old Social Network Tiny beads led to a big discovery for archaeologists. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 21, 2022
Crime The Founder of Netscape Has Returned $35 Million Worth of Looted Cambodian Antiquities James H. Clark bought the works between 2003 and 2008. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 13, 2022
Pop Culture Wes Anderson Is Adapting a Roald Dahl Book About Buried Treasure That Ended Up in the British Museum for Netflix The film, based on Dahl's "Henry Sugar" story collection, stars Benedict Cumberbatch. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 13, 2022
Archaeology A Hungry Badger Dug Up a Stash of Ancient Roman Coins From a Cave in Spain and Archaeologists Are Amazed (the Badger Less So) A historic blizzard also played a role in the find. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 11, 2022
Archaeology Archaeologists Claim They’ve Uncovered an Ancient Temple to Hercules Visited by Julius Caesar. Skeptics Aren’t So Sure Some say the long-lost site is probably miles away. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 6, 2022
Archaeology Archaeologists Say They May Have Found the Anglo-Saxon Workshop Where the Treasures of Sutton Hoo Were Forged Student volunteers assisted in the historic find. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 3, 2022
Archaeology The Most Important Archaeological Discoveries of 2021, From Unknown Dead Sea Scrolls to Middle Eastern Cattle Cults These discoveries have forced us to reevaluate what we think we know about the history of humankind. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 31, 2021
Politics Former U.K. Culture Minister Says the Parthenon Marbles Should Be Returned to Greece: ‘It Would Be a Wonderful Thing’ Ed Vaizey says the marbles are inextricably woven into Greek culture and identity. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 22, 2021
Archaeology Isle of Wo-Man? Two 1,000-Year-Old Brooches Discovered on the U.K. Island Suggest the Presence of Female Vikings The ornate bronze objects went on view for the first time this month. By Artnet News, Dec 20, 2021
Crime In a Landmark Restitution, the U.S. Returns 200 Looted Antiquities From Top Museums and Private Collections to Italy Fun fact: one of the sculptures was linked to Kim Kardashian. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 17, 2021
Archaeology ‘You Just Don’t Find This’: U.K. Archaeologists Have Unearthed the Full Remains of a Roman Crucifixion Victim Almost 2,000 years after his death, the man's skeleton still had a two-inch nail piercing its foot. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 8, 2021
Politics The Embattled National Museum of Afghanistan Has Reopened, With Taliban Security Negotiated by its Director "I was ready to give my life for it," says the museum's leader, Mohammad Fahim Rahimi. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 8, 2021
