When the English archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the royal tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt in November 1922, it took fully eight days to unwrap the mummified body of the young king from 16 layers ...

Archaeologists in Autun, France, found rare fabric fragments, including a large purple piece, woven with gold threads in several ancient tombs. Photo from Lucie Marquat / Inrap Archaeologists in ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It takes a cool head, not just a steady hand, to weave the finest yarns. But when the “fabric” is made from ...

Researchers in South Korea recreated ancient sea silk using clam byssus threads. Sea silk's golden color comes from structural coloration, not artificial dyes. The breakthrough may inspire sustainable ...

Archaeologists in central France looked inside the ancient sarcophagus they’d recently unearthed. Something across the top of the burial seemed to glint in the sun. It turned out to be a ...