(Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/Facebook) Here's something archaeologists don't see every day, or indeed ever: ...

(RNS) — The discovery offers insight into how early Christians read and understood Scripture — and provides a point of ...

The historical text found inside the mummy was The Iliad, one of the most important works in Western literature.

Researchers recover 42 lost pages from a 6th-century Greek codex, giving insights into the Letters of St. Paul and early ...

The excerpt from Homer's epic poem features his catalog of ships, a famous passage listing the Greek forces that sailed to ...

A 1,500-year-old book that contains a previously unknown gospel has been deciphered. The ancient manuscript may have been used to provide guidance or encouragement to people seeking help for their ...

Researchers have recovered 42 pages of the 6th-century Codex H, an important New Testament manuscript, from reused bindings in books across Europe and beyond. Using multispectral imaging, the team ...

From the Library of Alexandria to the lost works of Plato, the world is littered with ancient writings containing long-lost ...

If you've ever read a letter from antiquity, you may recognize the strange pull it can have. The writer is long gone, the world around them has vanished, and still, the voice can feel close enough to ...