Archaeologists say they’ve discovered a tiny lead "curse tablet" that may include the oldest known mention of the Hebrew name of God "Yahweh".

The "Codex Sassoon," an ancient Hebrew Bible written in the late 9th or early 10th century, was purchased Wednesday at Sotheby’s in New York City for $38.1 million. For the record: The price for ...

An ancient Hebrew Bible has just sold at Sotheby's auction house in New York for $38 million. The ancient text, written in around 900 AD, is the most complete early copy of the Hebrew Bible.

(CNN) — Ancient DNA is spilling more secrets about the Avars, a fearsome people who built a mysterious empire that ruled much of Central and Eastern Europe for 250 years from the mid-sixth century.

In parts of Ancient Greece, first-cousin marriage was not only allowed but encouraged, DNA shows By Lianne Kolirin , CNN 3 minute read ...

Hebrew wasn’t spoken for 2,000 years. ... That may have seemed almost impossible less than 150 years ago, when the language was thought to exist only in ancient religious texts. ...

Ancient Hebrew Bible to be auctioned for estimated $30M price "It’s like the emergence of the biblical text as we know it today," a specialist at Sotheby’s said. To stream WUSA9 on your phone ...