The 1-inch pottery fragment, which is part of a seal that was used to authenticate official documents, was reportedly found ...

“Thanks to archaeology, there’s been a big change in thinking—from Jesus the cosmopolitan Hellenist to Jesus the observant Jew.” Scenes from the life of Christ—including his infancy, triumphal entry ...

When it was made: These masks date to at least the 16th century; the one photographed above dates to 1885. The Yup'ik people, whose ancestors arrived in southwestern Alaska around 800 years ago, are ...

Contemporary historians tell us that, by the start of the Common Era, approximately three-quarters of the world’s population were living in just four empires (we’ve all heard of the Romans and the Han ...

In the last session, we looked at the basics of what archaeology is and how excavation is done. But why even bother doing archaeology? All that research and excavation is difficult, time consuming, ...