Published in Zürich in 1525, Lucas Cranach the Elder’s map came at a moment when the modern idea of nation-states was only ...

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

Five hundred years ago the first Bible featuring a map was published. The anniversary has passed uncelebrated, but it transformed the way that Bibles were produced. The map appeared in Christopher ...

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

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

It's linked to the religious figure of Abraham, who Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all trace their origins to.

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 ...

PROF. JOHN GARSTANG'S Friday evening discourse on “The Historicity of the Books of Joshua and Judges” delivered at the Royal Institution on May 9, apart from the intrinsic interest of any topic ...

Eilat Mazar is unafraid to claim archaeological finds of biblical proportions. When the ribbon was cut to dedicate Jerusalem's newest archaeological attraction last summer, Eilat Mazar stood among the ...

Until about a century ago virtually all knowledge of the ancient Near East stemmed ultimately from the Bible. Nearly all history of Egyptian, Babylonian, Hittite and Persian empires and monarchs was ...