The first historically recorded pandemic is believed to have struck the walled city of Jirash, in what is now modern-day ...
What language did the Trojans speak? Was it Greek, Luwian, or something else? This article examines the evidence.
It was more than a century ago that some extraordinarily rare cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia dating to the second millennium BC were discovered during an archaeological expedition in Iraq. Now, ...
The Khazar theory has a long history but was largely discredited with the advent of DNA analysis. Yet it has grown in ...
From Eve to Ruth, these biblical baby names are timeless, rich in history and meaning, and have lasting appeal.
Princeton has firmly established its presence at the forefront of AI research — including transformative work in humanities scholarship.
When rain shut down Dead Sea plans, the Hebrew Music Museum turned a Birthright setback into an unforgettable Jerusalem experience. When the Birthright group I was leading, comprised of 23 people ...
Last month, for the first time since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, surprise attack on Israel from Gaza, my wife and I drove from our Tel Aviv-area apartment to the border ...
Abstract: Ancient texts are unique evidence providing a glimpse into the thoughts, day-to-day life, and culture of people of long-gone eras. Paleography, the study of writing, aims at documenting the ...
In 1786, Sir William Jones, a British philologist and judge, made the remarkable discovery that the ancient Indian language Sanskrit resembled Latin and Greek, “bearing to both of them a stronger ...
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