An inscribed marble slab featuring the Ten Commandments sold for $5.04 million at Sotheby’s auction house in New York. The stone — written in archaic Samaritan Hebrew script — is the oldest known text ...

In 2018, researchers discovered a Roman cemetery at the ancient site of Nida outside of Frankfurt ... The first Christian ...

As the collections of Sir Moses Montefiore and David Solomon Sassoon go under the hammer today, what's the future for rare ...

A hidden inscription from an amulet found in a Roman grave has been deciphered, revealing new insights into early Christianity.

Researchers dated the grave where the amulet was found to between 230 and 270 AD. This is the earliest evidence of ...

From the plight of ancient Egyptian scribes to the identities of ancient Maya sacrifices, 2024 brought a rich medley of insights into human history.

One of the earliest tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments (dating to A.D. 300-800) is scheduled to go up for auction at ...

Numidia was once a vast kingdom, stretching from the east of modern-day Morocco into Algeria, Tunisia and the west of Libya.

The ancient tomb contains about 300 mummies, the University of Barcelona said in a Dec. 16 news release. So far, ...

A horde of extremist Jewish settlers set fire to swaths of Palestinian-owned land in Khirbet Jabel Qartis area near Bireh ...

Members of the Civil Administration and Border Police operated overnight to demolish illegal settler outpost construction near the Palestinian village of Beit Furik, close to Nablus. The illegal ...

An ancient European city has beaten major cities around the world to scoop a prestigous award. Athens has been named the “World’s Leading Cultural City Destination” for 2024 at the World ...