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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 ...
A tunic of ancient warrior Alexander the Great was recently found in a tomb where his family was buried. Heritage ...
Archaeologists say they’ve discovered a tiny lead "curse tablet" that may include the oldest known mention of the Hebrew name of God "Yahweh".
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. ...
The famous conqueror’s burial location remains a mystery, but new research claims that material found in one of the iconic Royal Tombs in Greece may have belonged to him.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
An ancient tunic beleived to belong to Alexander the Great was found in the Royal Tombs of Vergina in Greece. Alamy Stock Photo What a Great find. New archeological research has uncovered a piece ...