An eccentric idea from the 1970s may rewrite everything we believe we know about the New Testament.

Discovered around 70 years ago, the Dead Sea Scrolls continue to be an enigma. An international team of researchers has ...

As all these discoveries show, the land’s buried secrets have the power to transform our understanding of history, faith, and ...

Fragments of DNA left by viruses that infected our distant ancestors may be 'firestarters' for new human life, new research finds. "Our results illustrate how recently emerged… genes can confer ...

The Indian Knowledge System (IKS) division under the Union education ministry has announced two student competitions –– one to create miniature, working models of ancient astronomical instruments to ...

An exhibition featuring fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls — the oldest known copies of biblical texts — will open at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 22, 2025, offering visitors in ...

Scientists found rare glass fragments in Australia. These ananguites reveal a massive ancient asteroid impact. The collision occurred millions of years ago. The crater remains undiscovered. This ...

About 12,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers who inhabited a swathe of Arabian desert carved life-sized images of camels and other animals on sandstone cliffs and boulders, using rock art to mark the ...

Hippocrates is the father of traditional Ancient Greek medicine. Credit: Raed Mansour / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 A new academic study highlights how medical ideas from ancient Greece and Rome ...

About 12,000 years ago, high up on a cliff in the desert of northern Arabia, an artist – or perhaps artists – was hard at work. Standing on a narrow ledge and with primitive tools, they engraved into ...

Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish faith, is being celebrated on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Yom Kippur is the day of atonement following the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. It involves followers of the ...

Acupressure, a traditional Chinese therapy, offers a complementary approach to migraine relief by stimulating specific pressure points. Scientific studies indicate it can effectively reduce pain, ...