DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the ...

Ancient Eleutherna, located on the foot of Mount Ida on Crete, is revealing archaeological treasures from the dawn of Greek civilization.

A Revolutionary War-era boat is being reconstructed more than two centuries after being buried deep beneath Manhattan’s ...

The architecture of a cave in Israel indicates that it was the burial site of a royal family member linked to Herod the Great ...

A room and a building in one of the world's ancient cities boast an incredible influence on biblical history, or is this just a medieval hypothesis?

While it is archaeologically impossible to say that the tomb recently uncovered in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the burial site of an individual Jew known as Jesus of Nazareth, there is ...

They emphasize that the old adage of archaeology is more relevant than ever: “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” The trail leading to the true Jesus is far more fruitful 105 km away, in ...

Contemporary archaeology has also led several researchers to conclude that Jesus probably spoke Greek in addition to Hebrew – the liturgical language – and Aramaic – the spoken language.

Nazareth was an obscure northern town, but Mark does not say if Jesus was born there—only that he lived there. The Gospel of Matthew names Jesus’ birthplace: Bethlehem, a Judaean town about 80 ...