Little was known about the manuscript, which donated by Edward Ayer, a tycoon who made his fortune supplying railroad ties.

This undated photo shows the newly published books on the study of bamboo slips from the Warring State Period (475 BC-221 BC) ...

Aesop's Fables are some of the most famous stories with moral lessons in history, and many of the tales are used to guide ...

The excavation of Manot Cave in Israel has uncovered ritual sites from 35,000 years ago and evidence of Neanderthal-human ...

Author Jon Waterman opens readers to sharing his appreciation and the need to safeguard a world that grants us so many gifts.

COVID wasn't the only time humanity faced a disease crisis. These seven ancient plagues changed the course of history as we ...

The author of "The Great Believers" has joined in an effort to fight antisemitism and also publicly criticized Israel.

Anyone who is interested in the roots of Christian history is familiar with the following, drawn from the 11th chapter of Acts. Where is Antioch today? That biblical city now known as Antakya, located ...

The Bible tells an overall story about the history of the world: creation, fall, redemption and Last Judgement. But who wrote ...

With the stunning change of leadership in Syria and the end of a 50-year reign of the Assad regime, the significance of religious history in Syria shouldn't be overlooked. Most Syrians are now Muslim, ...

A collaboration between an Egyptologist and data scientists at Brown aims to make the Pyramid Texts, the world’s oldest ...

Eliot Stein’s quietly powerful new book celebrates the kind of singular, site-specific expertise that’s endangered by globalization and technology. “Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound ...