From the Third Intermediate Period through the Late, Ptolemaic, and Roman eras, ancient Egyptian private funerary monuments underwent marked architectural and ritual reconfigurations ...

The 2026 travel hot list: Thrills, chills and unadulterated splendour - Make like a castaway in Panama, set sail from Chile’s hotel at the end of the world, dine at a 1km-long Finnish table — your ...

One of the most theologically challenging chapters of the Exodus narrative is the one in which Pharaoh’s heart is “hardened.” Where is the moral choice or free will that characterizes Torah? If God ...

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In 2009, archaeologists discovered a Coptic monastery in Abydos founded in the fifth century a.d. Embedded in its floor was a large fragment of an inscription that was more than 1,500 years older. The ...

Quartzite tablet (left) with Hatshepsut cartouche; temple blocks (center and right) with bas-reliefs Extensive remnants of one of the temples commissioned by the female pharaoh Hatshepsut (reigned ca.

Long before the pyramids, there was Ptah. Revered in Memphis as the god of creation, Ptah used his heart and voice to bring the universe into existence. This video uncovers the myth, the worship, and ...

Rabbi Michael Freund, a former Deputy Communications Director under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is the Founder and Chairman of Shavei Israel (www.shavei.org), which assists lost tribes and ...

Nigeria won a record-extending ninth Africa Cup of Nations bronze medal after defeating Egypt 4–2 on penalties following a tense, goalless third-place play-off at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca on ...

Egyptian Pharaohs had the grandest of names, but what would yours be if you lived in the kingdom of everlasting sun and giant stone pyramids? Take this quiz to find out! How to make your Pharaoh name ...

Cheektowaga strip club owner Peter G. Gerace Jr., who is the nephew of the man prosecutors claim runs the Buffalo Mafia, on Monday became the second person accused of bribing a Buffalo Drug ...