Researchers used AI to analyze the first nine books of the Hebrew Bible, discovering three distinct writing styles that ...

Newly-deciphered text from ancient scrolls may have finally revealed the location of where Greek philosopher Plato was buried, along with how he really felt about music played at his deathbed, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A scholar from the Netherlands used AI to determine that the Dead Sea Scrolls may be older than previously believed. The new AI model pairs ...

The name of this place means “the town or city of Judah,” and it belonged to the Babylonian Empire. Its existence is known ...

Two small clay cylinders, pulled from the soil of central Iraq, have given Nebuchadnezzar II his first clear voice at the ...

Among the highlights is a batch of digitized books donated by the Harvard-Yenching Library to the National Library of China ...

Rediscovered ancient text says Christ appeared to the Wise Men as a "star-child" Dec. 23, 2010— -- An ancient text called the "Revelation of the Magi," has been rediscovered and tells a very ...

In 2013, two local Iraqis handed over two inscribed clay cylinders to the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage. Subsequent ...

In ancient Egyptian mythology, Nut was the sky goddess who protected the earth — personified by her twin and husband, Geb — from the chaos of the great beyond. Each day, she swallowed the sun in the ...

The origin of Elephantine Island’s name remains murky. Some spy the mammal in its hulking granite rocks, or conjure the specter of some long-extinct herd. Others point to the lucrative ivory trade it ...

History has long celebrated its ancient world pioneers, yet many great deeds of overlooked figures have faded with their names.