If true, that’s huge news: it would predate all other curse tablets – in fact, all other examples of ancient Hebrew writing – by centuries. “We now have the name ‘Yahweh’, ...

HIRBET QEIYAFA, Israel — An Israeli archaeologist has discovered what he believes is the oldest known Hebrew inscription on a 3,000-year-old pottery shard — a find that suggests Biblical ...

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The artifact, called a beka, dates back to the First Temple period roughly 3,000 years ago, when it would have been used to measure the value of worshipers’ donations, experts say.

"We have an ancient text saying that the Israelites arrived around 1400 [B.C.], and then we have evidence of them on a mountain where the Bible says that they were, writing a language that the ...

It annoys ancient history specialist Louise Pryke that more of us don't know history's first known author. The story is an important part of the murky history of writing.

The "Codex Sassoon," an ancient Hebrew Bible written in the late 9th or early 10th century, was purchased Wednesday at Sotheby’s in New York City for $38.1 million. For the record: The price for ...