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 ...

These could be the earliest discovered spindle whorls, technology that was then seemingly lost for 4000 years.

A new study by researchers from Hebrew University has identified 12,000 years old spindle whorls - early tools used to spin fibers into yarn. This discovery, recovered from the Nahal-Ein Gev II dig ...

The famed Magdala Stone has intricate carvings that ‘showcase the earliest known synagogue images of Temple Menorah.’ ...

While most of us learned that the wheel was invented around 3500 BCE for transportation, a groundbreaking discovery in Israel suggests we need to roll back our understanding of rotational technology ...

Reporter Ron Grossman isn’t finished telling great Chicago stories. In honor of his 90th birthday, here’s a look back at the ...

Pioneer Howard Rosenstein came to Israel with $500 and found a life of adventure, innovation and, oddly, music.

A new analysis of 12,000-year-old stones from Israel shows that they may be the earliest evidence of this society-changing ...

Who Really Wrote the Bible: The Story of the Scribes by William M. Schniedewind asks what authorship meant to the hidden ...

Early human cultures likely used stones as spindle whorls to spin fibers into yarn. A collection of perforated pebbles discovered at an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, marking a ...

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, has a Greek Chi-Rho tattoo, a symbol of early Christianity.

The oldest known stone tablet featuring the Ten Commandments is set for auction at Sotheby’s and may sell for as much as $2 ...