Ancient walls, figures, and artifacts were damaged by trenches and concrete pylons for a new archaeological museum within Majapahit Park in Mojokerto, East Java, Indonesia. The government went ahead with the construction despite warnings against digging in the capital of a thirteenth-century Hindu empire. A mural discovered last week in a Song Dynasty (960 to […]

Ancient Egyptians sometimes added medicinal herbs and tree resin to their wine, according to the analysis of residues on pottery dating to 3150 B.C. by Patrick E. McGovern of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Written records indicate that the Egyptians also added herbs to beer and other liquids. Rock art at […]