During restorations at the Palace of Westminster in London, excavations have revealed a trove of historic objects, the oldest ...

A backwards 1525 Bible map helped shape modern borders, influencing how we imagine territory, nations, and political space today.

If the map of de la Cosa really was created later than 1500, perhaps the true earliest map of “America” is Martin Waldseemüller's world map. Created in 1507, it is the first map to depict the Western ...

Italian researchers found 2,000-year-old olive and vine remains under the Holy Sepulchre, matching John’s garden description ...

Part of this month’s Important Judaica sale, the medieval work is expected to fetch between $1.5 and $2.5 million.

Just months after Abbas’ advisor invented a 6,000-year-old Palestinian people, the mayor of Jericho has now invented a 10,000 ...

On March 20, 2003, a U.S.-led coalition began its invasion of Iraq. Approximately one month later, on April 10, 2003, U.S.

The Museum of the Bible will soon host fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls and other ancient artifacts in Washington, D.C. In ...

Many scholars today argue that the Israelites never really conquered Canaan. What does the evidence really show?

Five hundred years ago the first Bible featuring a map was published. The anniversary has passed uncelebrated, but it transformed the way that Bibles were produced. The map appeared in Christopher ...

A PLOS ONE paper places Ahmose's reign over Egypt decades after the famous Thera volcanic eruption in the Aegean Sea, with ...

A new study published in Nature on November 26 has shed light on the origins, population structures, and kinship systems of ...