Gamal Abdel Nasser, as a young Egyptian army officer, was surrounded by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War in ...

For readers of historical fiction, there’s no need to settle on just one place or period when journeying into the past. At ...

They did interview witnesses and researched different sources when available, but first century historians would often blend truth and interpretation and literary flair. Because of their education, ...

The story takes viewers to first century Galilee, where a young Mary Magdalene likely lived on her own in a small fishing village on the nearby sea. Some details about her life remain ambiguous.

Research software The second-most-cited paper of the twenty-first century did not end up on the list by coincidence: it was written explicitly to give researchers something to cite.

Photo by Simon Norfolk These accounts of crowds seeking healing from Jesus reinforce what archaeology tells us about first-century Palestine, a region where diseases such as leprosy or tuberculosis ...

Could 1,600-year-old Galilee synagogue rewrite history of Jewish life under the Romans? New radiocarbon dating at grand Huqoq sanctuary near Tiberias puts its construction after the empire ...

Need some inspiration for your baby girl's middle name? This mix of classic and modern names flow well with all sorts of ...

Sepphoris: The Forgotten Capital Just a stone's throw from Nazareth, the humble town where Jesus grew up, lies Sepphoris. In ...

A coin hoard dating to the 15th century has been discovered near a medieval synagogue in Israel. Why it was deposited there, however, is a mystery.