"In the cistern which is under the wall on the eastern side, at the sharp edge of the rock: six silver bars; its entrance is under the large paving-stone." Thus reads line eleven in column II of the ...

A copper scroll was discovered near the Dead Sea. It may contain a map to hidden treasure. The scroll was found with other ancient texts. Experts translated the copper scroll. It revealed 64 treasure ...

In all the mystery and marvel of the 2,000-year-old scrolls found nine years ago in caves near the ruins of a religious community on the Dead Sea, two scrolls shone with a special aura. For these, ...

The black inks that ancient Egyptians used for writing on papyrus texts were made, in part, of metal. A collaboration of international researchers revealed for the first time that despite having their ...