An inscribed piece of pottery found in an ancient Jewish stronghold in the Jordan Valley has finally been deciphered. The ...

Thanks to AI and modern carbon dating techniques, we have a new understanding of when the Dead Sea Scrolls were written – which could revise the story of Judea ...

Rossella Tercatin is The Times of Israel's archaeology and religions reporter. For nearly 2,000 years, Near East Christian communities have used Syriac, an Aramaic dialect, as their liturgical and ...

The “J” in “Jesus” would not be added until 1,500 years after his head. Adam Ján Figeľ – stock.adobe.com “In the ancient world, most people didn’t have a last name as we understand ...

As Live Science’s Kristina Killgrove writes, the papyrus sheds light on the long-debated question of whether or not ancient Jewish people owned slaves. The document mentions that Saulos ...

Many of the Dead Sea Scrolls are much older than academics previously thought, with some dating back to the time of their ancient authorship, scientists from the University of Groningen in the ...

Christian town in Syria keeps Aramaic alive, amid fears for future under new regime Residents of Maaloula, one of the few places where the ancient language is still spoken, worry they’ll be ...

The Aramaic language, one of the oldest continuously spoken languages in the world, holds a special place in the hearts of those who cherish linguistic heritage and cultural identity. As a native of ...