An international team of researchers claims that a boat-shaped mound 18 miles (30km) south of Mount Ararat in Turkey is ...

It’s an intriguing title. The Book of Before & After sounds like a novel by Philip Pullman. In fact it is a translation of ...

When asked to picture an image that represents the essence of Purim, one is likely to immediately conjure up a mask, gragger ...

Kenneth Kitchen, a giant of Egyptology and lifelong University of Liverpool student and staff member, passed away on 6th ...

Credit: NYC Wanderer (Kevin Eng) / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0 The Bible is the biggest-selling and most read book in human history; originally written in Hebrew and Aramaic, the first ...

The carvings offer a window into AlUla’s past, but its present is a story still unfolding. Here, nature and heritage converge, with open-air museums emerging amidst the desert’s timeless expanse — ...

Church bells echoed across the rocky slopes of this ancient Syrian town on a cold Sunday morning. But few families remained.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Maaloula is one of the world’s few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is ...

Church bells echoed across the rocky slopes of this ancient Syrian town on a cold Sunday ... world's few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have ...

MAALOULA, Syria (AP) — Church bells echoed across the rocky slopes of this ancient Syrian town on a ... where residents still use a dialect of Aramaic — the language Jesus is believed to ...

MAALOULA, Syria (AP) — Church bells echoed across the rocky slopes of this ancient Syrian town on a ... s few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed ...