Latest about astonishing artifacts
Assyrian swimmers: 2,900-year-old carving of soldiers using inflatable goat skins to cross a river
A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.
Tarkhan Dress: World's oldest known outfit was worn to an ancient Egyptian funeral 5,000 years ago
The world's oldest known dress is a simple V-necked garment that was overlooked as rags for decades.
Sun Chariot: An ornate Bronze Age treasure that may have featured in an ancient Nordic religious ceremony
This gold-covered bronze object may depict a "divine" horse pulling the sun behind it.
Prosciutto di Portici: A portable sundial that looks like a pork leg — and it was likely owned by Julius Caesar's father-in-law before Mount Vesuvius erupted
This small bronze sundial was a portable way of telling time, but it may have made you hungry.
Ram in the Thicket: A 4,500-year-old gold statue from the royal cemetery at Ur
This statue covered in gold leaf and semiprecious stones may have been used in ancient Mesopotamian sunrise rituals.
Oseberg tapestry: Viking Age artwork from a boat burial that may depict the Norse tree of life
This tapestry also contains one of the only known depictions of a horned Viking helmet.
Hatnefer's heart scarab: An exquisite ancient Egyptian gold necklace inscribed with the Book of the Dead
A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.
Hårby Valkyrie: A 1,200-year-old gold Viking Age woman sporting a sword, shield and ponytail
This tiny figurine may represent a mythical warrior maiden who assisted Odin, the Norse god of war.
