A set of rare and intricately carved figurines — including miniature heads of African figures fashioned from black wood and bone — have been discovered in 1,500-year-old Christian graves of women and ...

Aaron Koller will become the first Jew to join the university’s department of Middle Eastern Studies as the Regius Professor ...

A new study has uncovered hidden social patterns in ancient Hebrew kingdoms by analyzing personal names from archaeological ...

King Djoser of Egypt ordered his chief architect, Imhotep, to design a tomb like no other - The Step Pyramid of Djoser.

Located in the northern Sinai Desert, the site is shedding new light on defensive structures built to protect Egypt's eastern borders ...

Alongside the fort, the mission uncovered housing units, the eastern gates of the two known forts, a limestone road, and ...

The holiday commemorates the Exodus, the biblical account of how the Hebrew people were freed from slavery in Egypt under Moses' leadership. The Hebrew word Pesach — or Passover — means “to ...

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

A recent study on ancient Egyptian imagery suggests rare drawings of the sky goddess Nut represent the earliest visualization ...

An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of ...

One hundred and eighty-nine years ago, a spectacular 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk was erected in Place de la Concorde, Paris, after it had been gifted to France by the viceroy of Egypt.

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