It really just shows how long people have been making rock art in that part of the world,” an archaeology professor said of the find in Indonesia. “It’s a very long time.” ...

An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was ...

An ancient handprint in a cave on an Indonesian island may be the oldest known rock art, created at least 67,800 years ago.

A faint hand stencil hidden on a cave wall in Indonesia has been dated to at least 67,800 years old—potentially making it the oldest known cave art yet studied. The discovery comes from a limestone ...

The stencil, which had remained largely unnoticed amidst more recent paintings of animals and figures, is now the oldest artwork ever discovered. In fact, it is so old that it offers a rare glimpse ...

The best-selling manga of all time include lauded and popular titles like Naruto and One Piece, cementing the medium as a ...

One of Israel’s leading archaeologists, he found evidence that the writing of the Old Testament likely began much earlier ...

"It Was Just an Accident" is an Iranian movie confronting tyranny and corruption. Now, director Jafar Panahi is facing ...

Is Christianity just a copycat religion? Many critics answer, “Yes,” and argue that much of the Old Testament is nothing more ...

One of the UK’s oldest living sloths has become a father again at the age of 35. Mr Snuffles and female sloth Vee welcomed a baby at Hamerton Zoo Park in Cambridgeshire. The female youngster was born ...

This week’s “Come, Follow Me” study guide introduces the Old Testament, which members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will read throughout 2026. Following are a few quotes from past ...