Researchers are now investigating a Viking Age grave with preserved skeletal remains and jewelry. The grave was found at Val ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year ...

A rare example of a sun hat from late Roman Egypt that was stitched together from fabrics in five colors.

Archaeologists working beneath one of Christianity’s holiest shrines say they have uncovered traces of a cultivated garden ...

Archaeologists working beneath one of Christianity’s holiest shrines say they have uncovered traces of a cultivated landscape ...

In 1791, the British naval vessel HMS Pandora sank on the Great Barrier Reef while pursuing the mutineers from the HMS Bounty. The mutineers, led by Fletcher Christian, staged an uprising against ...

A large 4th-century funerary basilica has been discovered in the area of the catacomb of St. Callistus, thanks to research coordinated by archaeologists Vincenzo Fiocchi Nicolai and Lucrezia Spera of ...

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Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable 1,400-year-old Christian cross on Abu Dhabi's Sir Bani Yas Island, adding to our understanding of Christianity's eastward expansion in the Arabian Peninsula.

Archaeologists have discovered evidence for one of the earliest Christian buildings in all the Arabian Gulf, producing physical evidence for a long-lost community. Uncommon with the Gulf today, the ...

JERUSALEM — Nine hours of frantic negotiation with the Israeli military. A last-minute scramble to find trucks in a devastated Gaza Strip, where fuel is in short supply. Six hours of frantic packing, ...