Excavations by Israeli archaeologists at the mysterious Judean Desert site reveal artifacts suggesting it served as a post for tax collection and later, a Roman-era tomb ...

A team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority, in collaboration with the Ministry of Heritage and with the ...

Join an experience of discovery in one of the richest desert excavations ever conducted, illuminating and transforming our historical knowledge of a unique site.

The Mediterranean has a long and storied past, and this newly-discovered port has led to a surprising breakthrough in Ancient Greece.

An ancient bronze griffin head, stolen nearly a century ago, has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia ...

In the ancient city of Alexandria, Egypt, a great library burned. It was said by some to have held upwards of half a million ...

A 2,200-year-old pyramid-shaped structure and artifacts were uncovered in the Judean Desert, reshaping history. The IAA-led dig near Nahal Zohar invites volunteers to help uncover its purpose.

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD was one of the most catastrophic volcanic events in European history, burying ...

The Bodleian Libraries, a renowned group of research libraries at the University of Oxford, teamed up with the Vesuvius ...

“At the base of our research is the aim to increase the ancient sources available ... they extracted readable Greek text from a papyrus scroll that had been buried under volcanic ash for nearly ...

The first known records of soap-making date to Babylon around 2800 BCE, where ancient peoples developed crude cleansing ... By 1550 BCE, the Egyptians had refined soap-making techniques. The Ebers ...

A unique opportunity to test ancient Egyptian perfumes is underway ... the second section there is a limestone column adorned with papyrus, lotus, and lily plant designs that serves as a ...