Work out the math on that timeline, and you come to an unexpected conclusion: that Cleopatra lived closer to us today than ...

Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient ...

Two major archaeological breakthroughs are offering fresh insights into early Christianity. In Israel, an 1,800-year-old mosaic with the earliest known 'Jesus is God' inscription suggests Roman ...

New secrets have been uncovered in a mosaic featuring the earliest inscription declaring Jesus as God. Researchers say they ...

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An international research team has recovered 42 lost pages from Codex H, a sixth-century Greek New Testament manuscript of St ...

Based on the statue's artistic style, archaeologists have dated it to the reign of the first Roman Emperor Augustus, who ...

Why would anyone want to study an ancient sewer? Archeologists have been doing just that to learn more about what diseases ...

Game board carved into a stone block found in the eastern part of the city. (Zofia Kowarska/PAP) Founded in the late 4th century BC under Hellenistic Egyptian kings, Ptolemais grew into a massive ...

“A friend is another self,” Aristotle also told us. True friendships are not simply a manifestation of what is being called ...

Often overlooked, Ortigia, Sicily, has charming cobblestone streets, turquoise waters, and fresh seafood. Here's how to visit ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a perfectly circular temple in the ruins of Pelusium, Egypt, believed to be dedicated to a ...