An ancient archive containing thousands of clay seals was recently discovered in Turkey, researchers said. Photo from the University of Münster About 300 years after the famed Library of Alexandria ...

The Vatican’s vast archives, often shrouded in mystery, hold centuries of historical documents, some of which are pivotal to the understanding of world history and religion. These archives, known as ...

Inveraray Castle is home to one of the most important private collections of historical archives in all of Britain—a collection of records, documents and diaries, dating back to the 13th century. The ...

Stored in one of the various cabinets and cases that make up the Penn Museum archives, there's a stone tablet that's barely 3 inches on each side. It easily fits in the palm of one's hand. It's ...

About 300 years after the famed Library of Alexandria burned down in Egypt, another, less well-known repository of information met its end in a fiery blaze. An archive in the ancient Roman city of ...