Researchers used AI to analyze the first nine books of the Hebrew Bible, discovering three distinct writing styles that ...

Among the highlights is a batch of digitized books donated by the Harvard-Yenching Library to the National Library of China ...

In 2013, two local Iraqis handed over two inscribed clay cylinders to the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage. Subsequent ...

Study of ancient cuneiform cylinders reveals how Nebuchadnezzar II restored Kish’s ziggurat and linked his rule to Babylon’s ...

Newly-deciphered text from ancient scrolls may have finally revealed the location of where Greek philosopher Plato was buried, along with how he really felt about music played at his deathbed, ...

Many researchers have spent decades attempting to decode biblical descriptions and link them to verifiable historical events.

The name of this place means “the town or city of Judah,” and it belonged to the Babylonian Empire. Its existence is known ...

In ancient Egyptian mythology, Nut was the sky goddess who protected the earth — personified by her twin and husband, Geb — from the chaos of the great beyond. Each day, she swallowed the sun in the ...

Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls A copy of a Greek inscription, made by laying wet paper or plaster over carved stone to ...

History has long celebrated its ancient world pioneers, yet many great deeds of overlooked figures have faded with their names.

The origin of Elephantine Island’s name remains murky. Some spy the mammal in its hulking granite rocks, or conjure the specter of some long-extinct herd. Others point to the lucrative ivory trade it ...