The oceans truly contain countless mysteries.

A ship that disappeared nearly 500 years ago while sailing from Portugal to India has resurfaced in one of the world's most ...

A silver amulet found in Germany contains the oldest known Christian inscription north of the Alps, suggesting the faith ...

The polychrome mosaic once decorated a small room in a lavish villa complex. Researchers, students and volunteers have been ...

The Shroud of Turin is a linen cloth about 14 feet long (4.4 meters), that bears the faint front-and-back image of a man who appears to have been crucified. Millions believe it wrapped the body of ...

A replica of the House of the Virgin Mary in the Philippines welcomes devotees in Asia’s largest Catholic nation. Father ...

Two gold rings aged around 2,000 years old were discovered during an excavation at a new archaeological site in western Thailand, officials said. The rings were found with human bones during an ...

The reliquary that is touring the U.S. weighs nearly 150 pounds with its protective case. It contains St. Margaret Mary Alacoque’s clavicles, two of her ribs, and a small piece of her brain. Diane ...

The Manhattan district attorney’s office said it secured the return of dozens of ancient artifacts in June, after a process that the museum described as collaborative. By Graham Bowley and Tom ...

Archaeologists in Israel have discovered a cave used by pre-Neanderthal human-like creatures who lived as long as 400,000 years ago, making it one of only a handful of sites from the little-known ...

One September night in 2025, the luminous face of Baby Jesus appeared in the sky over the Vatican—clearly, verifiably, witnessed by tens of thousands. It was some two millennia after the Book of ...

For centuries, archaeologists have uncovered inscriptions, ancient cities, monuments, and artifacts that offer remarkable glimpses into the world described in the Bible. While archaeology cannot ...