The 1-inch pottery fragment, which is part of a seal that was used to authenticate official documents, was reportedly found ...

The oldest recorded alphabet may be Hebrew. According to a controversial new study by archaeologist and ancient inscription specialist Douglas Petrovich, Israelites in Egypt took 22 ancient Egyptian ...

Archaeologists have been excavating Israel's Tinshemet Cave for nearly a decade, but a recent discovery in the cave is getting attention for what it reveals about human behavior. Experts hope the ...

HOUSTON — Today, the Associates for Biblical Research (ABR) announced the discovery of a formulaic curse recovered on a small, folded lead tablet. The defixio came to light in December 2019 when ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed an ancient clay seal, or bulla, that may be connected to a biblical prophecy of disaster. The seal, which dates back 2,600 years to the First Temple period, ...

The tablet is barely larger than a postage stamp. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Updated Dec. 6, 2023: The original findings ...

Israel has acquired a previously unknown ancient papyrus bearing a Hebrew inscription dated to around 2,700 years ago that had long been in possession of a Montana resident, the country’s antiquities ...

An ancient Hebrew Bible has just sold at Sotheby's auction house in New York for $38 million. The ancient text, written in around 900 AD, is the most complete early copy of the Hebrew Bible. The ...

Israeli scientists have discovered an "invisible" ancient Hebrew transcription that was hiding in plain sight for more than 50 years. Its message? Send wine. Tel Aviv University (TAU) researchers ...