We often think of education as something that happens inside classrooms, ends with a certificate, and is mostly about passing exams. Plato, one of the greatest thinkers who ever lived, saw it very dif...
On a low stretch of countryside not far from Stonehenge, where the road from Bulford cuts across open grassland, archaeologists have been piecing together something that never quite forms a full pictu...
A narrow stone corridor cut directly into a cliff face in south-western China continues to astonish visitors centuries after it was created. Hidden within the vast complex of the Dazu Rock Carvings, t...
For decades, archaeologists suspected that a strange landscape hidden in the Spanish Pyrenees was more than a product of nature. Deep trenches, artificial ravines and enormous excavated areas hinted a...
The British museum has postponed a lecture on the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah that was scheduled as part of Jewish Culture Month after concerns that planned disruptions could prevent the even...
Pope Leo XIV has invoked one of the Bible’s most famous stories, the Tower of Babel, while warning about the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. In recent remarks about AI ethics and global technol...
A hidden cave in France’s Dordogne region, Cussac Cave, revealed thousands of years of history when explorer Marc Delluc discovered detailed Upper Palaeolithic art. Image Credits: Wikimedia Comm...
Human history feels straightforward when seen in textbooks. A neat timeline with a clear rise from simple tools to complex cities. But archaeology keeps disturbing that picture slowly and quietly. The...
PC: Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology A small lead projectile uncovered in northern Israel is offering archaeologists an unexpectedly human glimpse into ancient warfare. The object itself is...
For decades, archaeologists searching Egypt’s deserts mainly uncovered tombs, temples, and royal burial chambers. The stories of kings and queens survived in stone, while the lives of ordinary people ...