Tomb art suggests the sky goddess Nut from ancient Egypt might reveal the oldest depiction of our galaxy.

Voluntary donations from readers like you keep our news accessible ... which commemorates the liberation of ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt. For Manasseh — who is also the founder of ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...

The Hebrew Israelite and Black Hebrew Israelite movements are as diverse as they are controversial, but one thing that ...

The small African Hebrew Israelite community in Israel’s Negev Desert last month celebrated a major milestone in its struggle ...

After Jesus was crucified on Good Friday, did he “Descend into Hell ... author of “The Formation of Hell.” The ancient Hebrews focused on the afterlife following their Babylonian captivity ...

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“The Syriac language has been used by Eastern Christian communities from the 2nd century CE all the way until today,” said Noam Maeir, a PhD candidate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and ...

From the blog of Bryan Schwartz at The Times of Israel ...