Archaeologists have uncovered the longest remains of an ancient wall that once encircled Jerusalem during the time of ...

A digital atlas of ancient Rome’s highways and byways reveals a road network that was more extensive than thought.

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

A study says the Ain Samiya goblet, found in 1970, depicts a moment of cosmic creation, challenging previous scholarly ...

In 'The Boomer Archaeologist,' UC San Diego Prof. Thomas Levy presents the story of his American dream, passion for research ...

A team of Israeli archaeologists has uncovered a new piece of the puzzle at the ancient Alexandrium fortress, the dramatic mountaintop site rising 650 meters above the Jordan Valley. Months after ...

A treasure trove of 225 funerary figurines have been discovered inside a tomb in the ancient Egyptian capital of Tanis in the ...

A new Cambridge study reveals how the first Bible ever printed with a map, released in 1525 with the Holy Land accidentally reversed, ended up transforming far more than biblical illustration. The ...

Long before the rise of Islam, the Middle East was home to powerful kingdoms, complex religions, and vast trade networks that ...

A young woman buried in China’s Tarim Basin some 2,000 years ago went to the afterlife accompanied by the height of fashion. The woman, who was wrapped in a felt blanket and buried in a coffin ...

The head of the General Authority for Antiquities and Heritage said the work was to ensure its preservation for the future.

With 70,000 dead, countless injured, hundreds of thousands of people homeless and whole districts laid to waste, the task of ...