A new study suggests that bedbugs were the first urban pest, and their population thrived in that environment. For the ...

The Field Museum is the new temporary home to a tiny piece of pristine asteroid. The fragment of the asteroid Bennu, on loan ...

Mesopotamia, located in the fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, was one of the cradles of civilization around 6000 years ago and the birthplace of the first writing system. Each ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a vast ancient structure in one of the oldest urban centers on Earth. In Jerusalem’s City of ...

He was a minor king, yet Tutankhamun’s tomb might have been the most richly stocked of all in ancient Egypt. Now research is ...

The sanctuary fell out of use, its roof eventually collapsed, and the ancient building over time joined the city’s vast underground realm. For Uziel the church is more than cool. It’s also the ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

Christians would flock to the Cave of Salome in Israel to pay tribute to Jesus' midwife. But a new study contests the ...

Despite being accused of murdering his own wife, children and countless other innocents, King Herod is still known as 'the ...

We have conclusive evidence that Kings David, King Solomon, and King Hezkiyahu are all buried on Har Zion,” one rabbi told ...

This first club was originally named Ramallah Hurling Club but is now known as Moataz Sarsour GAA Club. Moataz, one of the ...

A new book shows where the Holy Family lived in Egypt Every year on 1 June, together with the whole world, Copts celebrate a ...