Zias, published in the journal Levant, reveals how ancient Phoenicians may have incorporated cleansing into their religious ...

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The Washington Pentateuch, an ancient Hebrew Bible, was revealed for the first time in a thousand years to the public in “A Fence around the Torah” special exhibit at the Museum of the Bible ...

Experts have uncovered hidden language patterns and identified likely authors of some of the Bible's oldest books – using groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI). A team of international ...

Cats Domesticated Themselves, Ancient DNA Shows. A comprehensive survey of cat genes suggests that even after felines wandered into our lives, they remained largely unchanged for thousands of years.

An AI trained on radiocarbon dating suggests some Dead Sea Scrolls might be older than previously thought. The findings could reshape our understanding of Judaism and early Christianity.

E VER SINCE the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by Bedouin shepherds in the 1940s, debate has raged over their exact age.

Square in Shiraz, Fars Province, tells the story of the triumph of the ancient civilization of Iran, whether it be over the ...

Almost none of the Dead Sea Scrolls — which were written mostly in Hebrew on parchment and papyrus — have dates on them. Based primarily on paleography, the study and deciphering of ancient ...

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