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Language is one of the most resilient components of culture. Though many languages have disappeared over the course of ...

MORE than 70 years after being discovered, a scientist has deciphered an ancient message from the final Dead Sea Scrolls.

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Halafian pottery shows that early agricultural societies practiced advanced mathematical thinking through plant-based art long before writing.

Hot chocolate and warm apple cider aren't the only beverages that will keep you toasty during the winter. There's a sipper ...

In addition to ancient verses, a first-century boat ‘brings the Gospel scenes to life’ at the Museum of the Bible.

Centuries of excavations have unearthed a few theories about what really brought down one of the oldest cities in the ancient ...

The revival of Hebrew in the late 19th and early 20th centuries is often flattened into a tidy legend centered on Eliezer Ben ...

In ancient Judaism and early Christianity, angels were portrayed as powerful beings who guarded the Garden of Eden, ...

Kihm predicts that names linked to ancient civilisations will be a trend in 2026. As well as being a way to reflect a ...