The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

In the rubble of Gaza, beneath the weight of destruction and conflict, an unexpected opportunity lies waiting. As bulldozers ...

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

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) is home to one of the world’s most spectacular collections of art, sculpture, ...

The city of Kalkhu was a capital of the Assyrian Empire for over 150 years until King Sargon moved the capital to Dur-Sharukin (modern Khorshabad) in 717 B.C. The city is located 4 miles south-west of ...

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

A new study uses digital tools to analyze nearly 1,000 Syriac manuscripts from the British Library, focusing on how scribes and editors selected and rearranged parts of texts--a practice known as ...

THE ROOT CAUSE by Alex Rose “I had faith in Israel before it was established. I have faith in it now. I believe it has a ...

The Byzantine Empire is known for many things, however, not many people know the unusual life journeys of some of its emperors, like Basil I.