Archeology and History

It is not the oldest copy of the Ten Commandments. The Nash Papyrus, held by Cambridge University Library, dates to 150-100 BC, although it is in fragments.

If the repairs go ahead as planned next year, it will be the first time the crumbling basilica has seen major renovation work in more than a century and a half.

The discovery of a new ritual pool under the Western Wall suggests a new theory that the Kotel was completed later than thought.

The statue inauguration was scheduled for November 16, 1870.

Miniature box adorned with cross dates from 6-7 century CE. Contained two icons surrounded by gold leaf.

,” the U.N. cultural organization’s assistant director Francesco Bandarin said during a one-day Paris conference on Libya.

At this time, rule literature was a new genre, which would later become part of the Christian monastic tradition

The Temple compound, as described in the scroll, was to be arranged in three concentric square courts, meant to resemble the camp of the Israelites in the desert

Dead Sea Scrolls Online

In this work, the verses of the biblical book are copied paragraph by paragraph