That highest of holy days, Yom Kippur, is nowadays focused on fasting, prayer, and spiritual introspection. But in ancient ...

With Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, falling last week between October 2 and 4, and Israel in the news, I recalled my ...

From the lukewarm Laodicea to the overachieving Ephesus, these seven ancient congregations struggled with relatable problems.

A BIBLICAL-era bronze sword linked to a powerful ancient Egyptian ... Egypt with carvings revealing the names of Amun, the sky god and Ptah, the god of creation. Ramses II ruled from 1279 ...

The thirty-sixth annual Wendish Fest, held this September in Serbin, was a day of celebration for the little-known ethnic ...

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The Bible gives us histories of human mobility right from its very beginnings — the call of Abraham, the exodus from Egypt ... In brief, the history of the People of God is intrinsically related to ...

One of the secrets of On’s success has been attributed to its enthusiasm for product innovation: as well as the footwear for ...

In ancient times, dairy or animal fat was buried in bogs for preservation or put in a wooden container as an offering to gods or spirits ... in weight, according to The Irish Examiner Ancient sword ...

In Isaiah 27:1, the prophet speaks of God’s judgment upon Leviathan: “In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish Leviathan ... demonstrating God’s supreme power (Exodus ...

A fortress from the reign of the Egyptian pharaoh, popularly although not definitively associated with the book of Exodus ...