A stone tablet with nine of the Ten Commandments might be the oldest surviving copy of the foundational Jewish text.

Some of the ancient history underneath Jerusalem is easily accessible.

For most archaeologists, discovering a single ancient artifact is probably a thrilling experience. Finding three? A monumental moment. 10? A dream come true. The team separated the discovery into ...

A painting of a woman on lime wood is one of the mummy portraits being studied by researchers using special camera filters under different light wavelengths (left to right: visible, ultraviolet ...

SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA—The Associated Press reports that sandstone sculptures depicting door guardians have been unearthed near the north gate of the Royal Palace at Angkor Thom, the last capital ...

Jews are known as the "people of the book," but was literacy important in biblical times ... in the latest volume of the Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology, "the subject of literacy in ancient ...

The Sun report stated that the Durupinar formation's physical characteristics closely resemble the biblical description of Noah’s Ark. Genesis chapter 6, verse 15 in the Hebrew Bible ...

The team gathered samples they announced in October 2023 dated back between 3500 and 5000 years, appearing to align with the timeframe suggested in the Biblical account. Marine materials were also ...

Robert Andrew Carter, a senior archaeology academic and fieldwork development specialist at Qatar Museums who was not involved in the study, also commended the team's work. "We only have a sketchy ...

Margherita is a trilingual freelance writer specializing in science and history writing with a particular interest in archaeology ... bylines include Smithsonian Magazine, Discovery Magazine ...