Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the ...

This is not something I knew when I washed up on the banks of the Ganges at the age of twenty-three, looking for my own ...

The first recorded evidence of marriage ceremonies uniting one woman and one man dates from about 2350 B.C., in Mesopotamia.

Israeli archaeologist Prof. Gabriel Barkay, who co-founded the Temple Mount Sifting Project and made key discoveries in Jerusalem, has passed away at 81, remembered for his contributions.

A poll released in November by the Jewish People Policy Institute found that 27% of Israelis have increased their observance ...

Josh Sears, an associate professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University, recently spoke with Church News about ...

The word “symbolizes for many the return of most of the hostages to their homes—after two harrowing years of pain and waiting ...

American writers misleadingly interpreted Egypt's past to argue that slavery was a divinely sanctioned institution ...

Hot chocolate and warm apple cider aren't the only beverages that will keep you toasty during the winter. There's a sipper ...

They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...

Researchers at Israel's Hebrew University have identified the world's earliest systematic botanical art, dating back more than 8,000 years, that demonstrates sophisticated mathematical reasoning.

Israeli archaeologists working at the Hyrcania site have uncovered ancient commercialized merchandise sold to early Christian ...