An unusual archaeological discovery in the Judean Hills has again attracted the attention of scientists. A silver goblet from ...

A DNA analysis of human remains found that two medieval men were buried in a peculiar position at a ritualistic site from the ...

When scholars study the great copper-producing powers of the Mediterranean Bronze Age, they often focus on Cyprus and the Levant. (See “In the Time of the Copper Kings.”) But the source of the copper ...

This epidemic was known as Plague of Justinian—it occurred between 541 and 750 A.D., and is one of the earliest known ...

Iron Age cargoes from Dor reveal how ancient Mediterranean trade evolved alongside shifting empires and political power. New ...

Few biblical stories are as visually vivid as the fall of Jericho, with marching priests, blaring trumpets and city walls ...

From the streets of Damascus to the squares of Granada, Syria's influence on Spanish architecture has been entrenched for ...

Discover the ancient rock art in Saudi Arabia's Soudah Peaks, revealing 5,000-year-old inscriptions and carvings that offer ...

Across a wind-swept basin in Saudi Arabia’s Nefud Desert, a now-vanished lake once attracted wildlife during a brief climatic window more than 100,000 years ago. Among the tracks of ancient elephants ...

An international team of archaeologists has shed new light, quite literally, on one of the most important ports in the ...

Two medieval men, buried face down and hundreds of years apart, have been discovered in a Neolithic monument in southern ...

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 ...