An expert believes that he has rediscovered the lost Byzantine settlement of Tharais in southern Jordan. Archaeologist ...

A rock art panel near Aswan, Egypt, may depict a rare example of an elite individual from the First Dynasty, shedding light ...

WHEN it comes to a perfect holiday destination for Brits, Egypt has it all – five-star resorts, scorching temperatures and stunning beaches. But beyond the boundaries of its luxury ...

The Dead Sea Scrolls may have been written decades — or even centuries — earlier than scholars previously thought, according to a revolutionary study that merges traditional scholarship with ...

A team of archaeologists has successfully identified the location of the ancient city of Tharais, a Byzantine site represented in the famous Madaba Map Mosaic. The discovery, made in the northwest of ...

A new study reveals that ancient Egyptian coffins contain star maps matching the Milky Way, offering insight into their cosmic beliefs.

If you didn’t die in war or at sea, you breathed your last in the bosom of your family. And except in Egypt and Rome, where the death industry was lively, undertakers were virtually unknown.

From mysterious artifacts to giant megaliths, discoveries that promise to reveal our past have completely baffled the ...

Priceless parchments, religious mystics, and a copper map leading to lost temple treasure. The plot of the next "Indiana Jones" movie? No. It's the real-life story of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

It extends from the Mediterranean to the River Jordan that runs for 251 kilometres through the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea. It’s surrounded by Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Egypt.