Researchers have discovered what is thought to be the first known map of the night sky, written over 2,000 years ago. The map was discovered by scholars studying Christian texts written on an old ...

‘Around 1205, a young soldier of about 15 named Laurentius Loricatus accidentally killed a man. He repented for this by living in a cave in the Subiaco region of Rome for 34 years.’ (From a parchment ...

A historian studying a text in the Vatican has discovered a hidden fragment of the Gospel of Matthew, written in Old Syriac, that differs from what is seen today in the Bible. The alternate version of ...

Researchers have determined the unique composition of a surface layer on the Temple Scroll, one of the best-preserved of the more than 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls, to uncover the ancient ...

A historian just found a hidden, ancient fragment of the Bible in the Vatican that no one has seen before. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...