In her book, Finding Forgotten Cities ... he conducted a series of excavations at the site that revealed some of the most ...

Biomolecular analysis shows that unusual book coverings are made of sealskin, hinting at far-flung trade networks.

An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

Strange “hairy” covers of books in medieval Europe were made from seal skin obtained from Viking descendants, a new study has found. It is rare to find medieval manuscripts in their original bindings, ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

But for experts like Daphna Ben-Tor, an authority on ancient amulets and seals, the scarab represented ... as recounted in the Book of Samuel. The discovery of Ziv's scarab adds another layer ...

Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning at the Vatican. Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell was seen sealing the door to ...

Now, scientists subjected over a dozen of these book covers to diverse analysis techniques like mass spectrometry and ancient DNA analysis to find that seals were the source of these bindings.

The death of Pope Francis marks not only the passing of a spiritual leader but the beginning of a symbolic process rooted in ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

A trove of books written by medieval-era French monks were bound with bizarre “hairy” covers from far-away animals — shedding light on a booming, ancient ... made with seal and walruses ...