Cooking is an essential part of human culture, but people haven't always written down recipes the way we do now.

Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only exception?

If the best-known glories of ancient Egypt are the pyramids, the mummies and the gold of Tutankhamun, then ancient ...

The existence of artificial eyes in Babylonian times has recently been proved by the discovery of a cuneiform inscription of about 1600 B.C., in which 22 artificial eyes, 9 of agate and 13 of ...

In the Babylonian Talmud (Mas.Taanit 5a), Psalm 122:3 is brought to prove that since Jerusalem is “knit” or “compacted” together, there must be two of them. The Hebrew word חבורה includes in it the ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Qfitlia, a groundbreaking hemophilia treatment by French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi (NASDAQ: SNY).Designed for patients aged 12 and older ...

It was kept in the Holy of Holies, the most sacred chamber of the Temple of Jerusalem, before vanishing in 586 BC during the Babylonian conquest. Legends suggest multiple possible resting places for ...

Thought to have gone missing during a Babylonian invasion of Jerusalem in the 6th century B.C.E., the Ark has been a coveted item among treasure seekers and archaeologists for centuries. Now, CIA ...

Raina the Rhodesian ridgeback and Ruuxa the cheetah at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California, 2015. Photo by Sandy Huffaker/The New York Times/Headpress ...

As to its final fate, the Bible does not say. Some believe it was looted by Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian king, in 597 BC. The Ark of the Covenant is believed to hold the Ten Commandments ...

The New York Post reports that the ark was initially believed to be kept inside the Holy of Holies, the innermost chamber of the ancient temple of Jerusalem, before it disappeared during the ...