A scholar claims to have deciphered Cryptic B, a mysterious alphabet in the Dead Sea Scrolls long thought impossible to read.

In new document, the Pope says archaeology not only provides historical data but also allows theology to remain rooted in the ...

Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the ...

Archaeologists anticipate further discoveries during excavations that will reveal more about the heritage of Nicaea.

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

Because of its importance not just to Jews, but to the West, excavating the City of David has engendered much hostility, ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem recently discovered a massive Hanukkah-era wall from an ancient power struggle between Hasmonean ...

Decades of conflict and displacement have obliterated the history of one of the world’s oldest human settlements ...

Last week, archaeologists finished excavating the most complete part ever discovered of the foundations of the walls, which ...

Five centuries ago, a single misprinted image in a German Bible quietly rewired how Europeans pictured the world and their ...

Excavations show Christians and Zoroastrians coexisted in 5th-century Mesopotamia, revealed through early architecture at ...

Archaeologists working in the historic Turkish city of İznik have revealed a stunning third-century fresco depicting Jesus as the "Good Shepherd"—the only known example of this iconic Christian motif ...