Indigenous Khasi faith does not have any reference to a place of punishment. Dujok and Norok, the words used for hell, are of non-Khasi origin, derived from Dojakh in Persian (Islamic) and Narak in ...

Every year, a raft of new haggadahs promise to enliven your Passover seder. And every year, I select some for a roundup of ...

The first evidence that iron was traded as a semifinished product has been found off the coast of northern Israel. It may ...

For some Sephardic Jews today, holidays provide a rare opportunity to hear the now-endangered Judeo-Spanish language.

The famous Kabbalist, philosopher, Talmudist Rabbi Yehuda Loew ben Betzalel, known as the Maharal of Prague (1524-1609) in ...

A recent archaeological investigation has offered a substantive reassessment of Rujm el-Hiri, a large protohistoric stone complex in the Golan Heights frequently characterized as the "Israeli ...

Emmanuel Macron has opened a new exhibition in Paris that's celebrates the heritage and history of Lebanon's ancient city of ...

The droppings contain DNA, he thought, and perhaps, even after rain washes them away, some DNA might remain. And if it does ...

Israel’s antiquities watchdog is battling black-market theft, forgery, and a global trade that strips history of its story ...

In Jerusalem’s Old City, archaeologists peel back 2,000 years layer by layer, drawing a direct line to our ancient past ...

Tyre, Lebanon, a 4,700-year-old UNESCO World Heritage city, is facing threats from armed conflict. Its ancient ruins, Roman ...

The systematic murder of six million Jews during World War II embedded within Israeli political culture a powerful lesson ...