The Bible tells of a fateful encounter between an Egyptian Pharaoh and a King of Judah at "Armageddon". Archaeologists found ...

Ancient historians recorded legends about the invention of the first coins, and archaeologists have found some surprising ...

Experts reveal insights into what Jesus really looked like based on his likely hair, skin tone, clothing, and physique.

No Carthaginian sources of any kind have survived, and the accounts by the Greek historian Polybius ... genetic signatures associated with ancient comet impact events and, of course, solving ...

This new find, affectionately nicknamed “The Pasty” because the wrapping resembled the famous Cornish pastry, is one of the ...

Among the recovered items were 15 ancient oil lamps, 17 figurines or fragments, several ceramic vessels, and a marble ...

In this photo, distributed by the Greek Police on Thursday, April 24, 2025, seized ancient artifacts are placed on display in Police Headquarters in Athens following the arrest of six suspected ...

All are thought to date from various periods of ancient Greek history and will be assessed by a state archaeological service. Police also confiscated metal detectors and scanning equipment ...

ATHENS, Greece — Authorities in Greece have arrested six people on the island of Crete in connection with an alleged antiquities smuggling ring that was attempting to sell dozens of ancient ...