What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each ...

The “foundling infant” motif was a staple of ancient literature (think: Oedipus), but the Bible seems determined to undermine the ‘unwanted’ theme: this baby is carefully placed in a well ...

Population of ancient Greece, Men weighing merchandise, side B of an Attic black-figure amphora. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.5 Estimating the population of ancient Greece is a ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent The Derveni Papyrus, named for the ...

Jaramana, Syria - Since the fall of Bashar Al-Assad's regime, the Druze community, historically located in the Suwayda governorate in the south of Syria, has been striving to preserve its autonomy ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural ...

Maj. Gen. Alian, who is Israeli-Druze, heads the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the IDF unit responsible for overseeing civilian policy in the West Bank.

Here’s how it works. An ancient and enigmatic stone circle in the Middle East may not be a prehistoric astronomical observatory after all, according to a new study of satellite images.