(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 ...

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 ...

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced that a Spanish archaeological mission from the University of Barcelona ...

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 ...

The discovery highlights previously unknown facts about the daily lives of ancient people. Scientists have deciphered a Roman boundary stone inscribed with Greek text which was recently discovered in ...

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