The head of the General Authority for Antiquities and Heritage said the work was to ensure its preservation for the future.

Danish archaeologists unearthed dozens of medieval graves, shedding light on how disease and hardship shaped life in early ...

Saudi Arabia’s AlUla is preparing to open new chapters in the history of the ancient city of Dadan, the former capital of the ...

A new Cambridge study reveals how the first Bible ever printed with a map, released in 1525 with the Holy Land accidentally reversed, ended up transforming far more than biblical illustration. The ...

In 1947, a chance discovery by Bedouin shepherds uncovered a library frozen in time — the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest ...

During restorations at the Palace of Westminster in London, excavations have revealed a trove of historic objects, the oldest ...

A backwards 1525 Bible map helped shape modern borders, influencing how we imagine territory, nations, and political space ...

The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) will present “World Famous Songs” by the China National Center for the ...

If the map of de la Cosa really was created later than 1500, perhaps the true earliest map of “America” is Martin Waldseemüller's world map. Created in 1507, it is the first map to depict the Western ...

Part of this month’s Important Judaica sale, the medieval work is expected to fetch between $1.5 and $2.5 million.

The British Museum is well placed to refer to the discovery of the Library of Ashurbanipal as “one of the most important” ...