The remote temple of Hathor at Serabit al-Khadim was more than a mine and a sanctuary—it was a crucible of civilization. Here, amidst the sacred turquoise mines that funded pharaohs from the Great ...

Greek philosophy deeply influenced how early Christians understood Christmas, transforming the Logos and incarnation into the ...

A scholar claims to have deciphered Cryptic B, a mysterious alphabet in the Dead Sea Scrolls long thought impossible to read.

“We don't really know at what point Celtic emerged. The earliest extant texts in a Celtic language date from the early sixth century BCE, from northern Italy, a language that modern scholars call ...

For the release of her latest pop up book, we talked to the graphic designer and paper engineer about why her career has been geared towards designing and making “impossible” publications. You don’t ...

Can you chip in? As an independent nonprofit, the Internet Archive is fighting for universal access to quality information. We build and maintain all our own systems, but we don’t charge for access, ...