New discoveries may provide insight into the cultic practices of biblical ‘soothsayers.’

‘Finding a single sword is rare—so four? It’s a dream!’

A remarkable first-of-its-kind discovery, but the use remains a mystery.

A 3,800-year-old mudbrick passageway provides key information about the spread of such arches to the southern Levant.

The ‘oldest known gate’ found in the Holy Land

Two royal, yet sickly, brothers. One horrifying cranial surgery. And: earliest evidence of leprosy?

“Whoever wore it was certainly affluent.”

Slaves in Egypt were on the level of livestock …

New information sheds light on the pagan use of tattoos in Egypt.

A drought reveals a 3,400-year-old submerged city—from an empire that once oppressed the Israelites during the time of the judges.

Evidence for an ancient biblical Assyrian title

Lessons Iran’s ayatollahs could learn from their ancestors