Centuries of excavations have unearthed a few theories about what really brought down one of the oldest cities in the ancient world. Alamy Chronicle's illustration of "Joshua at Jericho." Jericho's ...

The mold was discovered during excavations at a Slavic fort in Berling-Spandau in 1983, and is considered one of the oldest ...

Gizmodo reports that volunteer archaeological conservator Juliane Rangnow discovered a medieval bronze wheel cross […] ...

Koch’s decades of scholarly engagement helped distinguish Indian music as a significant field of study in global ...

Most reliquary crosses are found broken, opened, or separated, which strips away key information about how they were made and used. This one is different: it’s a two-part cross permanently sealed with ...

Egypt has not finished surprising us. Far from the pyramids and the country’s most famous temples, a major archaeological discovery has just been announced in Upper Egypt. Near the city of Sohag, ...

Cris Rogers is a vicar in East London (at All Hallows, Bow), and a friend online. He has recently been posting interesting ...

Using geophysical surveys, researchers discovered a previously unknown Roman villa under the surface of a park in Margam, Wales. The villa remains indicate it had a fortified enclosure, although the ...

Historically, Theodoro (also known as Gothia) is often described as one of the final “rump states” of the Eastern Roman world, with its capital at Mangup (Doros/Theodoro) and a mixed population that ...

One of the greatest Ancient Egyptian finds is the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, which was left untouched ...

Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), PhD in ...

The buildings were used for a variety of purposes, from mealtimes to “industrial activities” that kept the site running.