Frequently Asked Questions Home Return to the main page. Not surprisingly, people often have a lot of questions about our ancient artifacts. It's only natural to want to find out more before buying anything.
Ancient artifacts are much more common than is generally believed.
Most ancient cultures existed for many centuries, had vast territories, and had populations of millions of people. Even without modern technology, people in the ancient world owned a LOT of things. There are many more artifacts in existence than are wanted for display by museums or for research purposes by universities and institutions. It would be fun to say that we've dug them all ourselves like Indiana Jones, but we actually leave that to professional archaeologists. All over the world, professional archaeological digs are being done every day.