In 'The Bible’s First Kings,' scholars piece together archaeology and biblical studies to show that a United Monarchy indeed emerged in the region's highlands 3,000 years ago The post Despite academic ...

The word ‘siege‘ conjures up imagery of high wooden towers attacking thick stone castle walls, but in the ancient world sieges also required extreme engineering prowess. Innovations in attack catapult ...

While excavating a palace at the site of Megiddo in northern Israel in the 1930s, a team of University of Chicago archaeologists uncovered a small ceramic jug containing 44 silver objects. The ...

Despite the fact that Mount Vesuvius triggered one of the most infamous ancient tragedies, not everyone agrees on exactly when it took place. New research challenges the previous identification of a ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released a new music video Monday, Dec. 15, of “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” an African-American spiritual and Christmas carol. Yahosh Bonner, who has ...

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“Jesus is God.” An inscription declaring this to be a reality, the earliest and oldest written expression of the Christian faith, has been deemed 'the greatest discovery since the Dead Sea Scrolls' by ...

Megiddo mosaic: the earliest known inscription declaring Jesus as God was found beneath an Israeli prison. Credit: Vesafis Tzferris / CC BY-SA 4.0 The earliest known inscription declaring Jesus as God ...