For decades it was merely a sidewalk stone at a home in the Middle East, its significance unbeknownst to its owner. Now, the ...

Long ago, the colors of fabrics were more than just fashion statements. They were a nonverbal form of communication that ...

Dr. Irving Finkel, Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script at the British Museum, led the team that unlocked the ...

This remarkable tablet is not only a vastly important historical artifact, but a tangible link to the beliefs that helped shape Western civilization.” ...

For thirty years, the plaque served as a paving stone at the entrance of a house, with the inscription facing up and exposed ...

Two books explore the scandals and controversies around the acquisition of antiquities by curators and collectors.

Some of the ancient history underneath Jerusalem is easily accessible.

Beneath the barren plains and foothills of the ancient Biblical country ... Underneath the layer they discovered artifacts from the Stone Age. Excitedly, the scientists flashed a message to ...

What does a Roman centurion and an artist have in common with an ancient mosaic from the Holy Land more than 1,800 years ago?

Jews are known as the "people of the book," but was literacy important in biblical times ... of the Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology, "the subject of literacy in ancient Israel and Judah remains ...