Moments later, on the other side of the museum, Mr. Khalil, dressed in his security guard uniform, a navy blue blazer and ...

Dec. 12, 2024 — Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans. Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient Eurasian genomes of early modern humans ...

The year's most exciting discoveries included musket balls fired in the early days of the American Revolution, a lost ...

The Rosetta Stone, which was carried off by some of Napoleon’s army in 1799 during his Egyptian Campaign, was deciphered in 1822 by Jean-François Champollion. Today, it is in the British Museum in ...

A 1,800-year-old silver amulet discovered beneath the chin of a skeleton in a cemetery in Germany is the oldest evidence of Christianity north of the Alps, according to a new study. Researchers ...

A small silver amulet unearthed in Germany is causing a massive stir among historians and archaeologists. Dubbed the “Frankfurt Inscription,” this 1,800-year-old relic is the earliest evidence of ...

A small, silver amulet found by a skeleton in a nearly 2000-year-old grave in Frankfurt, Germany may offer new insights into the early spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire.

More than a dozen ancient gold tongues have been discovered in a cemetery at the site of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt.

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 ...

A silver amulet discovered in Germany has yielded an inscription that pushes back the known history of Christianity in the region by 50 to 100 years. Researchers have deciphered a mysterious ...

MORE than a dozen Egyptian mummies embellished with gold tongues and fingernails have been uncovered by archaeologists. Surrounded by ancient amulets ... evening sub and scarab beetles.

A third century amulet discovered in an excavation site in Germany provides evidence of spread of Christianity during early Roman Empire. Listen to Story A small piece of silver foil was virtually ...