The Byzantines maintained relations with China. Credit: Carole Raddato, Flickr CC-BY-SA 2.0 The Byzantine Empire, which was known at the time as the Eastern Roman Empire, maintained a relatively ...

Sophisticated Ancient Hand Axes Discovered in Iraq In their studies, the researchers concluded that the beads were made from three different materials: marine shell, animal bone, and stone.

Despite the beads holding significant value to the study of ancient Hama, they remained untouched for the better part of a century, offering a new opportunity for research today when fieldwork is ...

historians and prehistory specialists affiliated with a host of institutions across Spain has confirmed the existence of the largest single-burial assemblage of beads ever found, at an ancient ...

Nearly a century ago, Danish archaeologists traveled to the site of the ancient city of Hama, a region that was occupied for close to 8,000 years. Hama, now in modern-day Syria, was first occupied ...

Hundreds of thousands of beads found in an ancient tomb were likely part of elaborate clothes for powerful women, researchers said. Leonardo García Sanjuán, et al (2025) Science Advances Nearly ...