"People would make devotional offerings in the form of animals as mummies. This would have more potency as a blood sacrifice, ...

Early Christians started marking bread with a cross to show their devotion, and ate it throughout the year. They believed the ...

Hot cross buns aren’t just a sweet snack that appears around Easter. They carry centuries of storytelling in their dough.

Hypatia of Alexandria, born in the 4th century in the Roman Empire, was one of the most intellectual and respected female ...

While it is common to see cats in modern households, cats are among the most recently domesticated animals. Archaeological ...

Do you prefer yours with sultanas and spices, or Vegemite and cheese? However you eat them, hot cross buns reflect centuries ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

Recent discoveries in Egypt uncover how daily life unfolded under Pharaoh Akhenaten, offering insight into a city lost for ...

From floating shrines and striking synagogues to golden monuments and sprawling sacrificial sites, these are the most ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a 3,000-year-old royal tomb from an obscure line of pharohs whose very existence has been in ...

Cecil B. DeMille's 'The Ten Commandments' continues to overshadow a very different movie based on the Book of Exodus.

Experts discovered a massive 3-room royal tomb hidden 7 metres underground in Abydos, Egypt, believed to date back over 3,600 ...