The tablets were found within a thick layer of ash from an ancient fire, suggesting they survived a catastrophic event that destroyed part of the city. According to the announcement, the inscribed ...

Archaeologists have uncovered 3,500-year-old cuneiform tablets and seal impressions belonging to an unknown Hittite prince in Turkey.

The finding provides “direct evidence of official correspondence between the Assyrian Empire and the Kingdom of Judah," ...

Fifty-two percent of Americans hadn't read a book in a year -- a stat perhaps pointing toward a scary future in a post-literate society.

For 5,000 years, there has been dancing, processions, rituals and feasts. What have we celebrated, from Africa to Asia, ...

Assyrian cuneiform inscription, estimated to be 2,700 years old, offers rare evidence of official correspondence between the ...

A whole library’s worth of papyri owned by Julius Caesar’s father-in-law were turned to charcoal by the eruption of Vesuvius.

The 'extremely rare' inscription could be proof of a Biblical tax revolt from the First Temple, the Israel Antiquities ...

The Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, are also believed to have been built during ...

For 5,000 years, there has been dancing, processions, rituals and feasts. What have we celebrated, from Africa to Asia, Europe to South America? Take a look.

Archaeologists in Iraq race to save unfired cuneiform tablets uncovered at Kurd Qaburstan, using urgent conservation to ...

O.K. I’m offering “How to read the Old Testament,” and you might very well be thinking, “Why would I want to read the Old ...