archaeology

Hobby Lobby has filed a lawsuit against a former classics professor at Oxford University. The professor is accused of selling the company stolen ancient fragments containing Biblical texts. 

Last month, archaeologists in Israel excavated a 2,000-year-old Roman basilica in the coastal city of Ashkelon.

A famed archaeologist in Israel, Eilat Mazar, has died. She was 64.

Archaeologists in Israel recently reported discovering a rare bronze oil lamp hidden in the wall of a building along the Pilgrim's Path in the City of David.

Archeologists in  Jerusalem have discovered a rare silver coin believed to have been used to pay the Temple Tax during King Herod's reign.

French-Norwegian archeologists have reportedly uncovered remains of an ancient Christian monastery in Egypt.

Archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority recently unearthed around two dozen ancient scroll fragments from a Dead Sea cave.

Hershel Shanks, the founder of the Biblical Archaeology Review, passed away on Friday at the age of 90.

In Israel, archaeologists have unearthed 3,000-year-old cloth remnants dating to the time of King David that are dyed with the unique royal purple described in the Bible as worn by biblical kings and even Jesus himself.

Israeli archaeologists recently discovered a 1,500-year-old inscription found in the Jezreel Valley. The inscription reads, "Christ, born of Mary."