An analysis of ancient residues left on a vase depicting the Egyptian deity Bes reveals it may have been used to reenact a myth.
Early human cultures likely used stones as spindle whorls to spin fibers into yarn. A collection of perforated pebbles discovered at an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, marking a ...
Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, has a Greek Chi-Rho tattoo, a symbol of early Christianity.
Long ago, the colors of fabrics were more than just fashion statements. They were a nonverbal form of communication that ...
Historical texts that mentioned details about the battle site helped researchers match the images to the lost town of al-Qadisiyyah.
A new study by researchers from Hebrew University has identified 12,000 years old spindle whorls - early tools used to spin fibers into yarn. This discovery, recovered from the Nahal-Ein Gev II dig ...
These could be the earliest discovered spindle whorls, technology that was then seemingly lost for 4000 years.
The discovery of an 11th-century Islamic astrolabe in Verona, Italy, has captivated historians and scientists alike. With ...
Who Really Wrote the Bible: The Story of the Scribes by William M. Schniedewind asks what authorship meant to the hidden ...
The term "scapegoat" refers to someone who unfairly takes the blame for others but its origins come from an ancient Hebrew ...
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Gulshan Begum grieves holding her sons Rihan Zahhor, right and Arhan Zahoor, during the funeral of her ...