The idea of nations as neatly bordered spaces can be traced partly to medieval maps of biblical Israel. In A Nutshell ...

Five hundred years ago the first Bible featuring a map was published. The anniversary has passed uncelebrated, but it transformed the way that Bibles were produced. The map appeared in Christopher ...

The rare Froschauer Old Testament survives in only a handful of copies worldwide, including one in Trinity College ...

Some common foods that we have in our pantries can be traced back to ancient times. Take a look at the deep history of our ...

Throughout the history of Christianity, the authorship of the New Testament was credited mostly to Matthew, Mark, Luke, John ...

A backwards 1525 Bible map helped shape modern borders, influencing how we imagine territory, nations, and political space ...

For just one year, the Museum of the Bible in Washington will host a rare exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which feature ...

From the Library of Alexandria to the lost works of Plato, the world is littered with ancient writings containing long-lost ...

Films that take their stories from the Old or New Testament are filling screens big and small. To understand why, it helps to know Hollywood history.

Archaeologists uncover a 3,300-year-old ram-shaped Canaanite teapot near biblical Armageddon, plus a 5,000-year-old winepress ...

Just months after Abbas’ advisor invented a 6,000-year-old Palestinian people, the mayor of Jericho has now invented a 10,000 ...