Archaeology & History The Hunt: The Search for Sappho’s Lost Poetry Awaits a New Chapter The Greek poet frequently pined for women in tender yet charged lines about love’s ravages. By Vittoria Benzine, Jun 30, 2024
Archaeology & History 1,500-Year-Old Christian Ivory Box With Rare Engravings Found in Ancient Austrian Church Such reliquaries were once used to hold the remains of saints. By Artnet News, Jun 29, 2024
Archaeology & History The Hunt: The Mysteries of the Voynich Manuscript The uncoded book could be anything from Ancient Hebrew to a lost Roman dialect. By Verity Babbs, Jun 27, 2024
Archaeology & History Get Ready for a Corker! This Is the World’s Oldest Known Wine It is some three centuries older than the so-called Speyer wine bottle, which previously held the record. By Artnet News, Jun 26, 2024
Art World D.C. Woman’s $3.99 Thrift Store Find Is Ancient Mayan Artifact Anna Lee Dozier purchased the vase from a clearance shelf—then returned it to Mexico. By Artnet News, Jun 24, 2024
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Find a Bronze Age Workshop That Produced the Ancient World’s Prized Dye An excavation on the island of Aegina in Greece turned up pottery shards stained with Tyrian purple. By Artnet News, Jun 20, 2024
Art World Outrage After Protesters Spray Stonehenge Orange The action roiled U.K. politicians although English Heritage confirms that there has been no visible damage to the monument. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 20, 2024
Archaeology & History The Hunt: The Legendary Sunken City of Thonis-Heracleion The ancient Egyptian port was lost for over a thousand years. By Adnan Qiblawi, Jun 18, 2024
Archaeology & History The Hunt: The World’s Most Valuable Stolen Painting Vermeer’s domestic scene has an estimated value of $250 million. By Verity Babbs, Jun 16, 2024
Archaeology & History The Earliest Known Manuscript of the Gospel on Jesus’s Childhood Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight Two papyrologists looked at an unremarkable piece of writing with fresh eyes. By Artnet News, Jun 14, 2024
Archaeology & History This 4,000-Year-Old Labyrinthine Monument Is the First of Its Kind to Turn Up in Crete The structure was discovered by workers installing a radar system for a forthcoming airport. By Artnet News, Jun 13, 2024
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Recover Huge Medieval Slabs From an 800-Year-Old Shipwreck The relics were part of the cargo of a 13th-century ship and reveal fresh insight into medieval stonemasonry. By Artnet News, Jun 12, 2024
Archaeology & History The Hunt: A Vincent van Gogh Masterpiece That Was Lost to Conflict Investigators have put forth several theories about what might have become of the rare canvas. By Tim Brinkhof, Jun 10, 2024
Archaeology & History Medieval Game Pieces Emerge From the Ruins of a Mysterious German Castle Among them are a six-sided die and a chess piece whose surface is worn from use. By Artnet News, Jun 8, 2024
Archaeology & History Overlooked Hieroglyphics Reveal This Stone Slab Was Part of Ramses II’s Sarcophagus The owner of the sarcophagus was long a mystery, until a researcher deciphered a cartouche. By Artnet News, Jun 6, 2024
