The Testament of Ann Lee is an epic musical retelling of the life of the 18th century Shaker founder starring Amanda Seyfried ...

New research shows Karnak Temple was built on a rare island of high ground formed as Nile river channels shifted thousands of ...

Archaeologists have long puzzled over the elegant stone jars buried with Tutankhamun, their inscriptions intact but their original contents gone. Now, chemical traces of opium in a different Egyptian ...

Wedding traditions are rooted in superstition, religion and cultural exchange, even as couples continue to reinterpret them ...

In different passage, Aulus tells us about some bookstalls he came across when he arrived by ship at the port of Brundisium ...

MORE than 70 years after being discovered, a scientist has deciphered an ancient message from the final Dead Sea Scrolls.

One of the last undeciphered Dead Sea Scrolls has been decoded, revealing biblical phrases and themes about the end of days.

The room we are in is locked. It is windowless and lit from above by a fluorescent bulb. In the hallway outside—two stories beneath the city of London—attendants in dark suits patrol silently, giving ...

It began more than a century ago, deep within the ancient turquoise mines of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. There, faint carvings ...

The suggestion that ancient Greeks reached America before Columbus may seem far-fetched, but certain researchers think ...

A book on 162 rarely available ancient texts, most of them over a thousand years old, written in ancient Manipuri script, was published here on Friday.

Continued archaeological exploration at Tell Abraq in modern-day United Arab Emirates uncovered a history of cultural trade networks. The researchers discovered a sanctuary where traveling merchants ...