Archaeologists have discovered an inscribed silver amulet that one theologian now says may rewrite the history of Christianity north of the Alps mountain range. The inscribed amulet was found buried ...

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Researchers have identified what is believed to be the world's earliest surviving Christian inscription, shedding light on an ancient sect that followed the teachings of a second-century philosopher ...

In the decades before the city of Pompeii was buried in ash by the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, everyday life was filled with parties and struggles. That's according to a ...

The inscription, as found on a column drum unearthed during the dig Danit Levy, Israel Antiquities Authority Last winter, archaeologists working near the entrance of Jerusalem discovered the ...

An inscription dating from the 10th century BCE (the period of King David's reign) has been deciphered, showing that it is a Hebrew inscription. The discovery makes this the earliest known Hebrew ...

Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now, Friday Focus and The Reel Schmooze podcasts, and heads up The Times of Israel's features. After ...

A mysterious inscription on an ancient monument dedicated to a "mother goddess" has been deciphered thanks to a researcher's "fortuitous" discovery. The inscription is on the Arslan Kaya ("Lion Rock") ...

A transcription of 95-foot-long inscription written in Luwian has been translated for the first time since its 1878 discovery Luwian Studies Foundation An interdisciplinary team of Swiss and Dutch ...

In the second century A.D. at the city of Oinoanda, the philosopher Diogenes inscribed his works on the wall of a stoa, or portico, in a public square.(Martin Bachmann) In the winter of 1884, two ...

Israeli archaeologists say a 3,000-year-old fragment of a ceramic jar found near Jerusalem's Temple Mount, dating back to the days of King David and King Solomon, bears a mysterious inscription that ...