The papyrus revealed how the imperial state dealt with financial crimes - specifically tax fraud involving slaves - in Judaea ...

The remains of Alexander the Great may lie under the streets of Alexandria, they may have been "eaten by a shark," or they ...

Scientists have discovered a hidden chapter of the Bible dating back nearly 1,500 years in an ancient Vatican manuscript. The ...

"It's like a city frozen in time," said archaeologist Pedro Guillermo Ramón Celis of Canada's McGill University.

Archaeologists have made a stunning breakthrough after discovering an 11th Centry medieval toilet that has helped to unravel a 2,000-year-old mystery. Researchers from the University of Exeter and the ...

The three tombs, which served as a family cemetery, were discovered in the city of Changzhi, Shanxi Province, China, and date ...

A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.

Colin Renfrew played a key part in transforming archaeology into a problem-oriented, theoretically explicit and ...

The research puts humans in Europe earlier than previously believed. Multiple cut-marked bones offer a key clue into the ...

His championing of radiocarbon dating and other new scientific approaches demonstrated the untenability of the conventional ...

Visitors will have a chance to get a close-up look at the project and watch archaeologists on site starting around March.

Archaeologists in Germany have discovered a tiny Roman lock, believed to be the smallest of its kind in Europe.