Archaeologists Were Searching for a 400-Year-Old Irish Castle — They Made a Major Discovery

A team of archaeologists was looking for the ruins of Derrygonnelly Castle in County Fermanagh, Ireland. “They had initially been searching for the ruins of 400-year-old Derrygonnelly Castle in ...

Supreme Court’s 2019 Ayodhya verdict: How bench interpreted evidence, history and law to award disputed site

A detailed look at how the Constitution Bench read history, archaeology and civil law to settle a centuries-old dispute.
The Times of Israel

Israel seizes dozens of archaeological artifacts from villa in West Bank’s Area B

Israel’s Civil Administration says it seized dozens of archaeological artifacts from a site north of Ramallah in Area B today ...
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The earth shook and entire pre-Islamic kingdoms disappeared

Long before the rise of Islam, the Middle East was home to powerful kingdoms, complex religions, and vast trade networks that ...
The Times of Israel

At ‘Neolithic capital’ in Turkey, carved faces upend narrative of a primitive age

Human figures in 'Stone Hills,' where the Bible's Abraham settled, attest to the start of human settlements 11,000 years ago: ...

Allahabad High Court’s 2010 Ayodhya verdict: How history, archaeology and law shaped the division of the disputed land

In 2010, a three-judge bench of the Allahabad High Court weighed worship traditions, historical records and ASI excavations ...
ReligionForBreakfast on MSN

Why the Dead Sea Scrolls Changed Everything We Knew About Ancient Judaism

In 1947, a chance discovery by Bedouin shepherds uncovered a library frozen in time — the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest ...

'I nearly died and saw God - it was nothing like what I was expecting'

Beverly Brodsky's life took an unexpected turn after a motorcycle accident left her grappling with a divine encounter that ...

Humanity’s history of eating ‘processed’ food goes back much farther than you would think

Researchers reviewed a number of studies pointing to the early use of plant foods by prehistoric humans and discovered that ...

Women and men were both sacrificed in ancient China – but for different reasons

Archaeologists suspect the ancient society carried out two types of human sacrifices – one that involved mass burials of men ...

These Wabanaki artifacts at UNB have sparked archeological collaboration and innovation

The Bailey Collection sat untouched for decades on the University of New Brunswick campus. Now researchers and the Wolastoqey Nation are working together to document the artifacts and chart new ways ...
India Water Portal

Documentary review: 'Songs of the water spirits' and the changing water realities of Ladakh

A review of Nicolò Bongiorno's award-winning documentary, Songs of the Water Spirits. Explore Ladakh's struggle against ...