Ancient Statue Damaged by ISIS Now on Display in Damascus
A restored 2,000-year-old Lion of Al-Lat statue can again stand as a symbol of the ancient Roman city of Palmyra
Archaeology
Startling Genetic Diversity Indicates That Ancient Papuans Didn't Even Mix With Each Other
The ancestors of the Papuan New Guinean peoples arrived 50,000+ years ago, scattered into highland and lowland areas, and evidently kept to themselves since then, going by genetic and linguistic evidence
Archaeologists Reconstruct How the Arch of Titus Looked – in Full Color
When built, the Arch was not a majestic white stone testimony to Rome crushing the Jews, it was a brightly colored monument aggrandizing Vespasian and his dynasty.
Oldest Evidence of Food Storage Ritual: 7,200-year-old Model of Silo Found in Israel
Why else would the ancient occupants of Tel Tsaf have created an intricate, nonfunctional pottery miniature of their grain storage facility, archaeologists ask
3,000-year-old Tomb Containing Mummies Discovered in Egypt
Archaeologists find tomb dated back to Egypt’s 18th dynasty New Kingdom era
The Color Purple: Mystery of What Has Been Killing Ancient Parchments Solved
Hoping to help save ancient documents, including at the Vatican, scientists discover what has been eating parchments going back millennia.
Israelite Refugees Found High Office in Kingdom of Judah, Seals Found in Jerusalem Show
Archaeologists believe illustrative impressions were used to seal deals during the First Temple period, lending credence to the theory that Jerusalem was administrative capital of Judean kingdom
The Real Ark of the Covenant May Have Housed Pagan Gods
The holy ark was likely kept in Jerusalem for much less time than the Bible tells us. And it may have contained something other than the Ten Commandments
Fake History: Netanyahu Boasts About 'Ancient Jerusalem Coin' - Turns Out to Be Kids' Souvenir
Netanyahu uploaded (then deleted) to Facebook a photo of the object, describing how its discovery attested to long-time Jewish ties to the Holy Land
A Story of Metal and Fire Scientists Debunk Claim That Copper Smelting Was Invented 8,500 Years Ago in Turkey
'Slag' resulted from pretty green pigments burning accidentally with a body, not the earliest invention of metallurgy, says archaeometallurgical team.
400-year-old Korean Mummy Shows Why Eating Crab Sushi Is a Stupid Idea
The mummy was found with something scientists didn't expect
Mosaic Floor of 1,500-year-old 'Boutique Hotel' Found in Jerusalem
Christian pilgrims flocked to 6th-century Jerusalem, especially to giant Nea Church built by Abbot Constantine during Emperor Justinian's religious reforms
3,200-year-old Pagan Ritual Hall Found in Israel, Archaeologists Confirm
Rare masks, cultic tableware, a massebah and figurines bolster the theory of pagan worship at Tel Burna over three millennia ago, says excavator
How Ancient Babylonians Could Have Predicted the 2017 Eclipse
Though they believed the disappearing sun was a sign of divine wrath, Babylonians were already calculating the probability of eclipses 4,000 years ago
Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch to Live: A Murderous Mistranslation?
Not everybody agrees that the biblical reference in Exodus is to 'witches' as we understand them.
Great Synagogue of Vilna's Jewish Ritual Baths, Destroyed in Holocaust, Found by Archaeologists
The Nazis burned and looted the synagogue but it was the Russians who knocked it down as they set out to eradicate Jewish memories in Lithuania after WWII.
Tombs Found in Egypt's Nile Valley Date Back More Than 2,000 Years
One tomb from Ptolemaic-era burial shaft carved into the bedrock, another a child's grave: This was not an army camp
2,000-year Old Stoneware Factory in Israel Shows Galilee Jews Were as Zealous as Judeans
Turns out Galilee Jews were as devout as their Judean counterparts ■ Chalk cave could be source of stone jars whose water Jesus turned into wine at nearby Kafr Kana
The Lost City of Jesus' Apostles Has Just Been Found, Archaeologists Say
Archaeologists believe Julias, the home of Jesus' apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip, was located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee
Celebrating 2,000 Years, Tiberias' History Is Buried Under Garbage
Ancient bathhouse under weeds, beer bottles covering a mosaic. Archaeological sites around the city could have been tourist attractions, but many are abandoned and neglected
