A settlement site dating back to about 3,200 years ago has been excavated in Qingjian County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, according to the local archaeological institution.

Queen Cleopatra VII, known as Cleopatra, is the last king of the Macedonian dynasty, which ruled Egypt from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, until the occupation of Egypt by Rome in 30 BC.

Researchers and archaeologists have found a stone tablet in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, inscribed with drawings of figures playing what looks like current football.

The wooden coffin of King Ramses II returned to the French capital, Paris, after nearly half a century, on an exceptional loan to participate in the "Ramses and Gold of the Pharaohs" exhibition.