Daniel A. Klein provides readers with a splendid contribution through his series, in which he translates, edits, and explains ...

On April 1st, laughter fills the air as the world comes together to celebrate April Fools' Day, while simultaneously marking significant events such as the anniversary of the tech giant Apple and the ...

Science has previously shown that sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome were frequently painted in warm colours. A recent ...

Founded by Alexander the Great's father King Philip II in 356 B.C.E., the historic city of Philippi has become one of the ...

Rome has been all gussied up for the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year. An extra 10 million pilgrims are forecast, adding to last year's record of 22 million. More than $8 billion has been spent to ...

The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom in the temple of Philae is the last known use of hieroglyphs in ancient Egypt, but why did they stop being used?

"It is always difficult to establish if the eclipses were seen in the ancient past as bad omens or good omens." ...

Archeologists recently uncovered an historic 1,600-year-old Jewish bath known as a mikveh in Ostia Antica, the archaeological ...

One key example: The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, which carry the story of Jesus’ followers forward after his ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a large multi-story building alongside a way station for those traveling between the Dead Sea ...

For thousands of years, Abydos has been the city of the dead. It’s one of Egypt’s most sacred and ancient burial sites, ...

Archaeologists excavating beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem s Old City have uncovered evidence of an ...