A MYSTERIOUS stone carved nearly 1,700 years ago has been unearthed in a region rich with Biblical history, where Jesus is ...

Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a 1,7200-year-old artifact found in a city where Jesus spent most of his life.

An ancient and enigmatic stone circle in the Middle ... The monument is called Gilgal Refaim in Hebrew (meaning "Wheel of Giants") and is open to the public, but it can be reached only on dirt ...

The name itself translates as 'stone heap of the wildcat', with a modern name for the site being Gilgal Refaʾim which ... connected to ancient cultures observing the stars and planets while ...

Ancient Egyptian person: Well it’s not! We need to know exactly when the river will flood, so that we plant our crops at the right time. That way, we can take advantage of all the nutrients left ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

But using ice cores and other ancient data points allows scientists to peer much deeper into the past, and establish that the climate today is likely warmer than it has been in 120,000 years.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a professor in the department of classics and ancient history at Durham University A striking ...