Archaeologists working near Temple Mount in Jerusalem were exploring a pile of earth from an ancient drainage canal. They ...

When his lecture ended, I turned to my friend beside me and whispered, ” I need to give that pot back.” My brother still ...

Celal Simsek, a professor of Archaeology, announced the discovery ... while efforts to unearth its body continue." The ...

Archaeology here is not treasure hunting. It is slow, careful work. It is listening to stones that speak in small details. Think of a dig like a layered cake… You slice it one layer at a time. If you ...

Hygieia was a prominent figure in both ancient Greek and Roman mythology—she was the daughter of Asclepius, the god of medicine. Hygieia (from whose name we get the word ‘hygiene’) was known as the ...

Legends and rumors trail the elusive Queen of Sheba through the rock-hewn wonders and rugged hills of Ethiopia.

The hotly anticipated new museum boasts some of the greatest treasures of antiquity. But there are some notable exceptions.

Dry weather is increasing salinity in soil and damaging ruins of cities such as Ur, birthplace of Biblical patriarch Abraham, ...

Climate change and rising salinity threaten Iraq's ancient cities like Ur and Babylon, imperiling thousands of years of ...

Iraqi officials are sounding the alarm to save monuments of the cradle of civilization, with thousands of years of history at ...

New research reveals Sumer’s cities may have risen with the tides, rewriting the origin story of the world’s first ...

The 1-inch pottery fragment, which is part of a seal that was used to authenticate official documents, was reportedly found ...