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

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, ...

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

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

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

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

A newfound pottery sherd has cuneiform text from the Assyrian Empire asking the Kingdom of Judah about a late tribute payment ...

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 ...

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

Recent research shows that young children typically manipulate and rotate entire objects in their minds to understand ...