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.

Archaeologists have seemingly solved a 2,000-year-old murder case while they were filming a show on Britain's past. TV ...

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 ...

The Greek word for Palestine, Palaistinē (Παλαιστίνη), is derived from the Hebrew phrase ʾEretz Yisrael (אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל), ...

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 ...

Egyptian archaeologists have recently unearthed a 3,000-year-old fortress which has ties to the Book of Exodus, Fox News ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered a 2,700-year-old Assyrian pottery shard that may shed light on biblical events in ...

Archaeologists in Egypt recently uncovered an ancient fortress that was built along the historic military road referenced in ...