Scholars are calling a rare Hebrew text dating back to the 9th century the earliest known Jewish prayer book, predating the world's oldest Torah scroll.
A recent dive at the site of the only authenticated pirate ship wreck in U.S. waters has signaled the possible location of even greater treasures.
A 10-year legal battle over the authenticity of biblical relics is set to conclude in the Holy Land -- but the authenticity of the artifacts is anything but proven.
The city has become an archaeological site, with thousands of artifacts such as an 18th-century bone toothbrush with animal hair bristles and wine and champagne bottles corked centuries ago...
Archaeology is no longer just for archaeologists; a Bar Ilan University initiative is leading experts and volunteers on the excavation of the Biblical city of Libnah, or Tel Burna as it is known...
A carved pillar discovered near Bethlehem may be linked to the Biblical King of Kings, David himself, or perhaps validate the scope of wise Solomon's majestic kingdom. If they ever get around to...
A monumental structure, made of boulders and stones with a diameter of 230 feet, emerged at the bottom of the biblical Sea of Galilee, during a routine sonar scan in 2003. And Israeli researchers...
British archaeologists said Thursday they have unearthed a sprawling complex near the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq, home of the biblical Abraham.
Pompeii is the little Roman town that became a byword for sudden, violent death -- but a new exhibition at the British Museum wants it to be equally famous for raucous, exuberant life.
Scientists from Illinois have found a rare, 600-year-old Chinese coin on the Kenyan island of Manda.
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