“More than a dozen Egyptian mummies embellished with gold tongues and fingernails have been uncovered by archaeologists… in the Behnese area, an important archaeological site in Middle Egypt.”

The now-deciphered “Frankfurt silver inscription” provides the earliest evidence for Christianity north of the Alps, dating to about AD 250.

After 20 years of research, a professor has pinpointed the site of the Battle of the Granicus, where Alexander the Great had his first victory over the Persian empire.

An archaeologist searching for Cleopatra’s tomb believes she has found a statue that depicts the queen’s face.

The spice warehouses of the Roman emperors has been opened to the public.

Gavriel Fiske investigates why a 20-year-old claim about the oldest alphabetic inscription only now has attracted scholarly and media attention.

Ongoing restoration works at Knidos (Cnidus) include the reopening of the Great Church.

More than half of the tablets excavated at Nippur from 1948-1952 have been photographed and posted online at the electronic Babylonian Library.

The latest issue of Iraq has been published, and all articles are open-access.

In a five-minute video, Mark Janzen explains what happened to the short-lived site of Pi Raamses in the Nile Delta.

The final episode of Walking The Text’s “3 Gifts of Christmas” explores the significance of the Magi’s gift of myrrh.

HT: Agade, Gordon Franz, Ted Weis, Mark Hoffman, Arne Halbakken