An ex-art smuggler and the former head of Scotland Yard's Art and Antiquities Squad have joined forces to expose illegal trade in ancient treasures.

Kicking off a yearlong celebration of Japanese immigrants' arrival in Brazil a hundred years ago, revelers honor the world's largest Japanese community outside Japan.

More than 20,000 artifacts and pieces of ancient gold jewelry were discovered in 1979 in Afghanistan. Mysterious "key holders" pledged their lives to protect the treasure from plunderers. Did they succeed?

On the 60th anniversary of Mohandas K. Gandhi's death, his great-granddaughter released his ashes to sea—a burial the nonviolent leader would have preferred, his family says.

An ancient Egyptian "city of the dead" has yielded a surprising series of richly appointed tombs dating to the days of Greek rule.

Faced with skyrocketing food prices, Haiti's poor have turned to "mud cookies"—salt, vegetable oil, and dirt—to stave off their hunger.

Sixty years to the day after his assassination, some of Mahatma Gandhi's ashes were scattered across the Arabian Sea Wednesday. Descendents of India's iconic, nonviolent leader took part in the ceremonies.

Well-preserved mummies and gilded caskets have been discovered in an ancient Egyptian "city of the dead" thought to have been looted clean.

Egyptian homeowners who find ancient artifacts buried on their land sometimes sell them to smugglers. Lisa Ling goes undercover to show how it's done.

After an opposition lawmaker was shot dead, violence in Kenya escalated, heightening tensions between rival ethnic groups and sending many fleeing for safety.

Some of Egypt's greatest treasures have ended up in foreign countries, including the Rosetta Stone, which unlocked the secrets of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Now Egypt wants the artifact back—if only for a visit.

The 2,500-year-old tomb—containing nearly four dozen victims of human sacrifice, gold artifacts, and an ornate sword—sheds new light on Chinese rituals in the age of Confucius, experts say.

A New York state archivist faces up to 25 years in prison for stealing historical artifacts and selling some on eBay to pay off bills and his daughter's credit card splurges.

The Parthenon is among Greece's greatest treasures, but important parts of it have been displayed at London's British Museum for two centuries. Should Greece's ancient marbles be returned to Athens?

Experts have restored a 1,400-year-old glass mosaic glowing in gold that was discovered in an ancient palace, Israeli authorities announced.