A TRAGIC tale of a savage lion attack on a teenage boy has been revealed by archaeologists – and miraculously, he survived ...

Traditional sources and scholars have long hypothesized the location of this sacred chest. But tracing its whereabouts is ...

Once thought to be brutish and unintelligent, Neanderthals were far more advanced than history books claimed. New archaeological evidence shows they used tools, cared for their sick, and created ...

For the first time, two scholars have used radiocarbon analysis to pinpoint the era in which Pharaoh Nebpehtire Ahmose reigned over Egypt, determining that he must have ascended the throne in the ...

Cecil B. DeMille made him the face of biblical tyranny, but history tells a different story. Despite Charlton Heston's iconic performance, there is zero archaeological evidence that Ramses II was the ...

Excavations at Tel Burna, an Iron Age settlement in the Shephelah region of modern-day south-central Israel, have revealed artifacts and fortifications dating back to the seventh and eighth centuries.

Archaeologists recently found an ancient copper workshop in the Sinai region of Egypt – the land tied to Moses and the Book of Exodus. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the ...

Lesley L. Smith has a physics PhD and a creative writing MFA. She’s written several novels; her short fiction has appeared in venues including Analog Science Fiction and Fact. I was the one who found ...

Federal layoffs and grant terminations threaten efforts to understand and preserve the nation’s past. “We are getting cut off at the knees,” said one archaeologist. By Franz Lidz The annual conference ...