In a landmark achievement for archaeology and the study of ancient philosophy, researchers have digitally “unrolled” and are ...

For centuries, pilgrims, priests, and pharaohs brought gifts to Karnak, the vast temple complex that stood at the religious heart of ancient Egypt. Sacred vessels and statues had accumulated within ...

The boy, who would become known as Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi, was called "The Greatest Master" (al-Shaykh al-Akbar) throughout the Islamic world. Ibn Arabi wrote over 800 books, travelled extensively, and ...

Switzerland is making a significant move in the process of correcting the wrongs of colonial history with the return of eighteen of the looted Benin Bronzes. The ceremony for the transfer of the ...

Located on the outskirts of the town of Fureidis in northern Israel, the cave was in the way of upcoming construction projects until archaeologists intervened. Researchers Dated the Cave to 400,000 ...

Why so many Roman coin hoards end up being buried and never found has baffled archaeologists for decades. A major new study has shown that the non-recovery of these hoarded treasures was caused by ...

In Western Christianity, the feast of Epiphany, also known as Three Kings’ Day, is celebrated annually on the 6th January to commemorate the visit of the Magi, wise men, or kings from the East to the ...

Archaeologists in the Dutch city of Nijmegen have made an extraordinary discovery: the largest Roman bathhouse complex ever found in the Netherlands. Unearthed in the Waalfront district, an area ...

Then advances in ancient DNA revealed a story of this child, buried over ten thousand years ago. It was a story far greater than anyone could have guessed. The child known to archaeologists as the ...

Analysis of ancient proteins extracted from the fossilized teeth of Homo naledi has revealed a startling new twist in the ongoing mystery of South Africa’s Rising Star cave system. Researchers have ...

Home to Gilgamesh, Uruk was the major force of urbanization and state formation during the 4th millennium BC. In Epic of Gilgamesh, the king is said to have built the city’s monumental walls. There ...

There is a strange, almost uncomfortable moment that happens when you read the Old Testament closely. You are moving through the narrative, following the timeline of the ancient Israelites, when ...