Researchers Discover Two-Foot-Tall Buddha Statue, Shed Light on Trade Route Connecting Roman Empire to Ancient World Researchers discovered a two-foot-tall Buddha statue in Berenike, an ancient ...

Hamas handed captive Israeli soldier Agam Berger over to the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip, the first of eight hostages set to ...

Hey Hunters, I got the absolute honour of interviewing Dr Bart Ehrman. He's knows a thing or two about ancient texts, so I ...

President Donald Trump's suggestion that Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip was met with a ...

Although Christianity is the second-largest religion in Indonesia, it only forms a minority in the country ... The first known source of Christian presence in the archipelago can be found in the ...

The denial comes after a Channel 4 report about a meeting to appoint the Bishop of Liverpool. Zara Mohammed tells BBC the difficulties she faced as she ends her time as Muslim Council of Britain ...

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 ...

Mentor’s involvement in Egypt began when Nectanebo II hired him to lead Egyptian forces against external threats, particularly the advancing Persian Empire. The Egyptian pharaoh trusted Mentor and he ...

The goal of Ancient Origins is to highlight recent archaeological discoveries, peer-reviewed academic research and evidence, as well as offering alternative viewpoints and explanations of science, ...

Battered roads lead to the large town of Delga, more than 300 km south of Cairo. Bare brick houses line the streets. Among the 150,000 residents, there are fifteen to twenty thousand Christians ...

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 ...

Mansour's arrest may ease Egyptian worries over HTS rise Egypt fears Syria's upheaval aids Islamist regrouping Egyptian media critical of Damascus power change, Brotherhood resurgence DAMASCUS ...