Download free for iPad the high-quality reconstruction of a game board from 2600 B.C., found in the Royal Tombs of Ur (Mesopotamia). You can play in single- or local two-player mode on a single ...

Got a plague of serpents? Call this guy. Swiss-French archaeologists have uncovered the 4,100-year-old tomb in Egypt that belonged to a royal physician with a very special skill: protecting them ...

SCIENTISTS have found an ancient royal tomb from 2,800 years ago filled with the remains of decayed horses. The site was found in Siberia and unearthed 18 horses found ritualistically sacrificed ...

Archaeologists discovered a 7th century BC tomb rife with artifacts that once belonged to Picene aristocrats. Among the finds were remains of tow chariots, finely decorated containers, bronze ...

What it is: A decorated wooden harp or lyre found in an elite grave Where it is from: The Royal Cemetery at Ur, in what is now ... in one large, elite tomb; the others have been dubbed the golden ...