Moses never veers from this line. Contrary to popular belief, he never tells Pharaoh, “let my people go,” full stop, but ...

American writers misleadingly interpreted Egypt's past to argue that slavery was a divinely sanctioned institution ...

Does the Biblical story of the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt appear in Greek mythology? This article examines some possibilities.

An intact tomb dating back 3,300 years has been discovered on a beach in Israel, containing more than 140 offerings related ...

In this two-part article, the author presents an overview of what various ancient textual artifacts “remember” about the earliest loan closings ...

Stanley, Daniel J. 2002. "Configuration of the Egypt-to-Canaan Coastal Margin and North Sinai Byway in the Bronze Age." In Egypt and the Levant: interrelations from the 4th through the early 3rd ...

What is it about human physiology that leads us to use pillows, and does anyone know when we first came up with the idea?

On a family walk through one of Israel’s most storied archaeological sites, a 3-year-old girl made an astonishing discovery.

Seven athletes from the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, including one bronze medalist, have tested positive for doping in fresh ...

The Farouk Hosny Art Museum has opened in the Cairo district of Zamalek, celebrating a lifetime of artistic achievement, ...

The lessons of Va’era, the Spies, Solomon’s fall, and modern tyranny remind us that the heart does not turn away all at once; ...

Hebrew scholar and Jewish academic Irene Lancaster explains the Jewish perspective on the choosing of Moses and the women who ...