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 ...

Archaeological excavations outside the ancient city of Megiddo shed light on the area's Bronze Age alcohol production and a potential folk cult.