This week’s Torah portion describes our exile in Egypt. According to the text, we know that Pharaoh enslaved us and put us to work building the treasury cities of Pithom and Raamses (Shemot 1:11). The ...

A PLOS ONE paper places Ahmose's reign over Egypt decades after the famous Thera volcanic eruption in the Aegean Sea, with ...

For more than a decade, archaeologists have struggled to decipher an inscription carved into the neck of a broken jar that dates back to King Solomon's reign in ancient Israel. Now, researchers have ...

DAYTONA BEACH — Most people have heard of Passover, but many may not really know what the religious holiday that began Friday at sundown is all about. Here's some basic information about the ...

While most of us are familiar with the symbolic foods Jesus ate, such as unleavened bread and wine at the Last Supper, knowledge about the everyday meals of ancient Israelites is less common. To gain ...

Biblical history reminds Christians to serve and build a kingdom not of this world. Put a different way, to what extent are biblical lessons regarding life in the Holy Land normative for Christians ...

The holiday celebrates the Israelites’ liberation from Egyptian slavery, but it continued evolving after the Neo-Babylonians conquered Jerusalem in 587 B.C. The late Middle AgesA lamb, unleavened ...

Tombs dating back to the ancient Roman era have been opened to the public for the first time after a meticulous restoration process, according to an announcement from the Israel Antiquities Authority.

This story was originally published on My Jewish Learning. (JTA) — Years ago, my family and I visited the ancient Roman baths for which the city of Bath, England, is known and named. An exhibition ...