Game of Thrones is back for its penultimate season, and as ever, it promises to break the hearts of viewers up and down the land – and maybe, just maybe, give them a little bit of rare hope too. I’ll ...

Is there a corner of culture untouched by Game of Thrones? Absolutely not. In advance of Sunday's Season 8 premiere, museums around the world have been getting in on the Thrones fandom, in the best ...

New archaeological research by Tulane University and the Proyecto Templo Mayor in Mexico reveals how obsidian—a volcanic glass used for tools and ceremonial objects and one of the most important raw ...

Divers near the Italian island of Capri have recovered a chunk of the purple-tinged volcanic glass in what appears to be the remains of a Neolithic shipwreck. Naples police have uncovered obsidian ...

The Aztec Empire once hosted an expansive trade network that brought volcanic glass to its capital from right across Mesoamerica, from coast to coast. The largest compositional study of obsidian ...

L-55 (Glass Mountain Obsidian): Not a direct collection from outcrop; Unknown collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface,and naturally-weathered specimens. L-55 (Glass ...