What does a Roman centurion and an artist have in common with an ancient mosaic from the Holy Land more than 1,800 years ago?

My heart is breaking. My soul is aching,” an archaeologist said, as Israel’s bombardment threatens or destroys Roman amphitheaters, crusaders’ citadels and centuries-old souks.

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 ...

The etching, discovered at a Paleolithic campsite, may be the only known evidence hinting at how our ancestors fished over 150 centuries ago.

Researchers in Israel suggest the roughly donut-shaped artifacts could be spindle whorls, representing one of the oldest ...

The cinematic backdrop for Gladiator II has captivated visitors for centuries – we promise you’ll be entertained “Ouarzawood” ...

A shimmering dream on the Nile has inspired creativity from the Harlem Renaissance to Kara Walker to Beyoncé. But how much can you play with the past?

Over 100 small stone objects from Neolithic period are the earliest instance of 'spindle whorls,' used to spin fibers into ...

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President Joe Biden delivered remarks to the nation in what was his first appearance on camera in the aftermath of Donald ...

When marine archaeologists investigated, they found dozens of rare ancient items. Two anglers reported a shipwreck off the coast of Vendicari Nature Reserve in January 2022, Sicily’s ...

Israel’s equivalent of the elite Navy SEALs stormed a beach in Lebanon over the weekend, snatched a nearby senior Hezbollah operative and then raced off with him in a speedboat, officials say.