In February, archaeologists from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (sca) of Egypt announced the completion of a two-year excavation of a 3,000-year-old gold processing complex at the Sukari gold mine ...

According to excavation directors Dr. Benyamin Storchan and Gil Freid, the Lower Aqueduct was an “impressive engineering ...

The Battle of Megiddo, fought between Pharaoh Thutmose iii and Canaanite city-states circa 1482 b.c.e., is often described as the “first battle in history.” This isn’t true, of course. This is simply ...

The translators of the King James Version (kjv) of the Bible generally used apt and accurate words to translate the original Hebrew. But a few words stumped them. When they couldn’t find the ...

“And the herald cried aloud: ‘To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, that at what time ye hear the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, ...

When it comes to examining the history of the Persian Empire through the lens of the Bible, some of the books that come most readily to mind are Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther. These books record events, ...

The Bible describes in grand portrayal the arrival of Jacob and his family into Egypt and their settlement in Goshen—the northeastern Delta region—as a powerful ruling family. But is there any ...

It was supposed to be a simple salvage operation to repair a crumbling Hasmonean tower. But after late archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar and her team started excavating, they soon realized that this ...

“In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” So went a little saying I learned as a child—conveniently rhyming in English so as to sear the date into memory. But 1492 was also a monumental year for Jews ...

The word “tithe” comes from the Old English tēotha, meaning a “tenth”—with the verb “tithing” (tēothian) broadly descriptive of the act of paying a tenth of one’s income in support of a religious ...

Scientists believe that the human body is made up of 25 elements, each essential for human life. Each one of these is found in the Earth’s crust. The Bible indicated this roughly 3,400 years prior to ...