YHWH...the God of the Israelites in the Hebrew Bible, and you shall have no other gods before him. But did some ancient Israelites worship another god, Asherah? Archaeological evidence suggests that ...

The Codex Sassoon, a Hebrew Bible from the late 9th or early 10th century, was bought at auction at Sotheby’s for $38.1 million.

Ancient DNA reveals new details about the Avars, fearsome warriors who built an empire that ruled Central and Eastern Europe for 250 years from the mid-sixth century.

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Hebrew wasn’t spoken for 2,000 years. Here’s how it was revived. The religious language that lay dormant for millennia is now global, used by millions of people around the world—including in ...

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. The ...

In parts of Ancient Greece, first-cousin marriage was not only allowed but encouraged, DNA shows ...

A cache of ancient weapons from the Roman period has been discovered hidden in a remote cave in Israel. The cache includes four exceptionally well-preserved Roman swords from 1,900 years ago, the ...

The Codex Sassoon, a leather-bound, handwritten parchment tome containing almost the entirety of the Hebrew Bible, is set to go on the block at Sotheby's in New York in May. Its anticipated sale ...

(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.

Ancient DNA reveals new details about the Avars, warriors who built an empire that ruled Central and Eastern Europe for 250 years from the mid-sixth century.