My quest for the ark of the covenant was abruptly disrupted at 35,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean. Three hours into our flight to Israel and several hundred miles south of Greenland, the pilot ...

An Israeli archaeologist has discovered what he says is the earliest-known Hebrew text, found on a shard of pottery that dates to the time of King David from the Old Testament, about 3,000 years ago.

Ongoing excavations at Sefer Tepe, a Pre Pottery Neolithic site in southeastern Türkiye, revealed 21 human skulls arranged within stone structures. The site features T-shaped pillars, mixed ...

For the rest of his life, George Washington would remember the chaos and tragedy of November 12, 1758. At 26, he was the colonel commanding the Virginia Regiment, a British subject fighting for his ...

Landslip mapping report Following the state government’s urgent direction from Minister Sonya Kilkenny to implement an ...

The 1850 discovery of King Ashurbanipal's vast library of cuneiform tablets at Nineveh illuminated fascinating records and ...

Archaeologists say an elite Phrygian tomb found far from the capital of Gordion may shed new light on legendary King Midas’ ...

Why do we care about places we may never visit? Why do stories about wildlife, people and cultures stay with us long after we ...

At the northern boundry of Anuradhapura, where the Malwathu Oya curves through scrubland and forest and the wilderness of ...

Archaeologists in France uncovered a chilling 16th-century gallows — where Protestant rebels were executed during the ...

Heritage tourism, the practice of traveling to places of historical or cultural interest, is a $607 billion business as ...

Exclusive: Zahi Hawass opens up about his new documentary, the latest discoveries changing what we understand about the ...