This unique lake lies at about 430 meters (1,411 feet) below sea level, making it the lowest land-based elevation on Earth. In this article, we’ll explore the history, geography, and interesting ...

A series of stunning texts more than 2,000 years old have revealed fascinating insights into the day-to-day lives of Petra's ...

The goal of Ancient Origins is to highlight recent archaeological discoveries, peer-reviewed academic research and evidence, as well as offering alternative viewpoints and explanations of science, ...

A papyrus discovered in the Dead Sea Scrolls Laboratory ... “I volunteered to organize documentary papyri in the Israel Antiquities Authority’s scrolls laboratory, and when I saw it, marked ...

Archaeologists recently discovered an ancient "city of the dead" in Italy ... said that the discovery "will allow us to rewrite the history of the city," and are already grappling with the ...

LONDON — Scientists hope a mix of artificial intelligence and human expertise will help decipher ancient scrolls carbonized by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago. Hundreds of papyrus scrolls ...

It dates back to the 2nd or 1st century BC and was discovered in 1996 by a Belgian tourist diving off the Croatian island of Lošinj in the Adriatic Sea. This statue is ... example of a nearly complete ...

The intense heat of the eruption carbonized them, making them fragile and causing them to resemble charred pieces of wood rather than scrolls ... understanding of ancient history, according ...