Consisting of a series of catacombs, the necropolis developed from the 2 nd century AD as the primary Jewish burial place outside Jerusalem following the failure of the second Jewish revolt against ...

The Catholic American Bible is set to replace the New American Bible Revised Edition in 2027, becoming the common text for ...

Researchers are using a very modern tool to transcribe and read hundreds of thousands of medieval manuscripts from the lost ...

Forget Holly and Noel, these beautiful names should give you some inspiration for babies born around Christmas.

Archaeologists at Mleiha open a 20-pound jar containing 409 silver coins, revealing Hellenistic-Arab ambition and power.

Nestled in the Qalamoun mountains, about 56 kilometers northeast of Damascus, the historic Syrian town of Maaloula is one of the ...

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The Independent member for Bass stunned colleagues last week after delivering his few words in one of the world’s oldest languages, still preserved by his Syriac Orthodox faith. Dr Razay, a former ...

A comical skit where a person travels back in time to see Jesus speaking Aramaic, only to be told in perfect English that they're not supposed to be there. Mexico's Sheinbaum blasts Trump admin's move ...

Many of the Dead Sea Scrolls are much older than academics previously thought, a new study claims. Scientists from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands utilized artificial intelligence to ...