One of the oldest temple complex sites (if not the oldest) is found in Ġgantija, on Malta's sister island of Gozo. This world heritage structure, protected by UNESCO, never fails to capture ...
Writing in the early 20th century, the celebrated author James Joyce noted that the Book of Kells—an illuminated manuscript depicting the four gospels of the New Testament in Latin—was "the most ...
A joint research team has revealed conclusive evidence of the existence of an ancient submerged port, directly associated with the temple of Taposiris Magna and connected to the Mediterranean, a ...
A project conducted for the United States Government, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, under purchase order no. DACW41-76-M-1059. "The archeological data were compiled and ...
While significant majorities of Evangelicals, black Protestants and Americans in the South continue to hold fast to literal belief in Scripture, a new study has found that nearly half of American ...
As all these discoveries show, the land’s buried secrets have the power to transform our understanding of history, faith, and ...
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar calendar in ancient ...
A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...
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Zhong Fangrong, whose score in the latest national college entrance exam, or gaokao, was among the best in China, reaffirmed her decision to major in archaeology for her undergraduate studies on ...
Analysis of preserved feces and intestinal tissue has revealed specific types of bacteria that were present in the microbiome of a young adult man who lived in Mexico about 1,000 years ago, prior to ...