Which material was popularized in ancient Egypt (and later used by Greece and the Roman Empire) for writing books and other ...

Some of the essays in ‘Wild Fictions’ are personal, others analytical, but all of them carry the quiet energy of a writer who has never been content staying in one place, intellectually or otherwise.

It seems plausible that the beginning of the settlement of the children of Israel in the eastern Nile Delta—dated to ...

In 'The Art of Diplomacy,' longtime US negotiator Stuart Eizenstat draws on interviews with 130 global players to highlight ...

As Richard Roxburgh stars as me in a feature film, I confront a disturbing reality: more journalists are behind bars today ...

A grisly Bible story about an ancestor of Jesus may be true, jaw-dropping new evidence from a site dubbed 'Armageddon' ...

According to this week’s Torah portion there is more to chametz, or leavened food, than just a detail in the story of the ...

Passover, a Jewish celebration of freedom from slavery in Egypt, is celebrated in April. Jewish families will once again come together to celebrate a Seder meal. Here is what you need to know about ...

A scientist has made a bold claim about the location of the Garden of Eden. He used Medieval world maps to find the Biblical ...

The word Israel in Hebrew is יִשְׂרָאֵל.  It is formed from its root which has a meaning which most scholars think conveys ...

Cairo does not appear interested in invading Gaza or neighboring Israel. Instead, the tanks’ presence is a show of force, ...