Archaeologists excavating an ancient necropolis near the Nile River have uncovered a 3,500-year-old burial site of a ...

The new discovery could potentially help scientists solve the puzzle of the Tiwanaku civilization's disappearance.

More than 1,800 years ago, the thousands of pieces formed colorful frescoes that covered the walls of a luxurious villa in ...

In the holy writings of the ancient Jews, King Cyrus of Persia has the distinction of being the first and only foreign Messiah.

Scans of a hill showed a dense concentration of abandoned buildings, so archaeologists started digging. Here’s what they found.

Archaeologists excavate the site of the ancient Sumerian city of Eridu, near Basra in southern Iraq, in 2022. Alla Al-Marjani/Reuters/GTRES. By Antonio Ratti. April 24, 2025.

Matera, in the south of Italy, is known as the “City of Stones” for its architecture. For the next season of “The Chosen,” it ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Sunday. The couple recited a ...

The faithful city : the siege of Jerusalem, 1948 by Joseph, Dov, 1899-1980, author. Publication date 1960 Topics Jerusalem -- History -- Siege, 1948, Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948, Middle East -- ...

In the first known interaction between the two nations, the ancient Persians freed the Jews from captivity in Babylon.

The city, named for the Assyrian king who built it, was founded in the 13th century B.C. Emily Garthwaite / INSTITUTE A loose stone at Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta, inscribed with cuneiform.

In the south of Italy, Matera is known as the “City of Stones” for its architecture. For the next season of “The Chosen,” it ...