Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only ...

When the Assyrian Empire came along, Gaza went through the same turmoil as Israel and Judah and was under the same threat.

For centuries, the people of Judaea had seen many foreign dynasts claim hegemony over them; the Greeks were but the latest.

Archaeologists believe they have uncovered evidence of an ancient biblical battle, all thanks to a few broken fragments found ...

The Ark of the Covenant was used by the Israelites to transport the tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments.

Near the start of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, there was a massive but largely forgotten ... s attack on Egypt that is mentioned in the Book of Ezekiel in the Bible. According to the conventional ...

With that idea in mind, as a historian of science, my best answer to the question of what the first scientists discovered is Babylonian astronomy. The Babylonians lived from about 2,500 to 4,000 ...