The depth of the writer’s commitment is tested when he meets with a Southern Californian tattooist proficient in ancient ...

A collection of 70 ancient books discovered in a cave in Jordan could be some of the earliest Christian documents.

The ancient Scythians, a nomadic people known for their gold and warrior ways, used human skin for leather, a new study finds.

Using century-old equipment to restore century-old books is an ancient craft, but one that's still very much alive.

Sam Kean has gone back in time, at least in practice, for his new book "Dinner with King Tut." He talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about "experimental archeology" and learning about ancient cultures.

THE GROUND RULES I am not an old-timey man of letters with endless hours to spend reading in an ancient leather armchair. So I decided a book, for my purposes, would be in the ballpark of 120 pages.

"Archigram: The Book" takes readers on a giddy ride through the work of architecture's pop legends, Todd Gannon writes in his review.

Both were arduous enough to require a guidebook, the aptly named Book of Two Ways. This intricate map of the ancient Egyptian underworld may be the first illustrated “book” in history.

A 1,200-year-old manuscript that was unearthed in a bog in Tipperary in 2006 has become one of Ireland's most treasured artifacts.

The beautifully preserved leather trappings of an ancient Egyptian chariot have been rediscovered in a storeroom of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Researchers say that the find, which includes ...

In medieval Europe, some handcrafted books were bound with skin from an unexpected source: seals.A new analysis of ancient DNA found in medieval books from European abbeys reveals that these seals ...