Nathanael Andrade explores the historical record to puncture a "misreading" that has often come back to haunt Jews come ...

When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by destroying a Kushite city – or so we thought ...

Among many other things, Easter is an opportunity to reflect on Jesus' relationship to political power. Modern readers of the ...

Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the "Barbarian Conspiracy," a pivotal moment in the history of Roman ...

In an article published on April 13, Alex Preston reviewed Raja Shehadeh’s Forgotten: Searching for Palestine’s Hidden Places ...

We are being tempted afresh to give our allegiance to men who wield great power and wealth in the hope that we will benefit ...

The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

AMMAN - The international community does not know how long will last the most recent of Zionist's offensives on Gaza, nor it ...

A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...

Shalom Goldman, Middlebury College via The Conversation {Note: this article discuses the US church scene.} During ...