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Around the world, millions of Christians see the Bible as the divine word of God - but who actually put pen to paper?

Vālmīki’s epic poem “The Rāmāyaṇa” is a great work of literature and a treasure of Indian culture — but its political and ...

Coming alongside the “little ones” mangled in this sordid world is not merely an act of moral heroism. It is participation in ...

In the world of Christian literature, the Bible stands as the best-selling book and simultaneously one of the most questioned ...

A Byzantine gold coin that was recently discovered in the mountains of southern Norway has historians perplexed over how it got there.

From Ivan Cornejo to Shakira, see everyone who's touring this year. Editor’s Note: The list features only U.S. tours by Latin music artists and is updated on a regular basis. Tours will be ...

Population of ancient Greece, Men weighing merchandise, side B of an Attic black-figure amphora. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.5 Estimating the population of ancient Greece is a ...

It mustn’t be forgotten that archaeology has also yielded vast numbers of documents from the ancient near-east ... University of London: “The printed Bible in the hands of the public posed a ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

Archaeologists in France have discovered dozens of Roman-era graves of men who were buried with "curse tablets," at least one of which was written in an extinct language. Excavations underneath an ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent The Derveni Papyrus, named for the ...