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An international team of researchers led by the University of Glasgow has achieved a remarkable breakthrough in biblical scholarship, successfully recovering 42 lost pages from Codex H, one of the ...

The papyrus was discovered in a mummy dating back around 1,600 years, unearthed from a tomb in Oxyrhynchus. The site, once a ...

A Solar eclipse was one of the phenomena that prompted the ancient Greeks to come up with the most brilliant astronomic ...

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Mary Beard is, quite simply, our most recognisable and authoritative voice on the ancient world. A celebrated classicist, ...

A remarkable hoard of gold jewelry dating back 3,500 years has been unearthed during archaeological excavations at the ancient site of Kolona on the Greek island of Aegina. This exceptional discovery, ...

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An international team of academics led by Professor Garrick Allen at the University of Glasgow has successfully recovered 42 ...

An archaeologist working on the dig told the New York Times that they found the remains of 26 people, along with a half-eaten ...