Jim and Ana Melikian, a Phoenix couple, have amassed a collection of about 7,000 unusual historical and cultural items. Their collection ranges from ancient religious artifacts to modern memorabilia, ...

People write down lots of things—from epic poems and sacred texts to tax decrees and shopping lists. But these things are of little use to anyone if they can’t be read. In the past few decades, ...

Looking for the best books on Ancient Egypt? Here’s our curated reading list – from beginner-friendly texts to academic classics and engrossing novels.

Before printing presses, before paper itself, humans found ways to preserve their thoughts, beliefs, and stories on everything from clay tablets to papyrus scrolls and carefully prepared animal skins.

Scholars worried that the text had disappeared from the public, but the Crosby-Schøyen Codex is now on display at the Museum of the Bible. The buyer of one of the oldest books in existence is no ...

In the latest installation at the Yale University Art Gallery, Denise Leidy, curator of Asian Art, and Sadako Ohki, associate curator of Japanese Art, bring together a varied collection of animal ...

Ancient medical texts found in Iraq reveal how Mesopotamian healers sometimes sent patients to sanctuaries as part of treatment.

A new study has revolutionized the understanding of ancient medicine by combining modern science with hands-on historical reenactments. Supported by a European Research Council (ERC) grant, the ...