The legend suggests that Vlad III was not killed in battle, as commonly believed. Instead, he was captured by the Ottomans and later freed by his daughter. A recent discovery may bring us closer to ...

The feat of this great achievement is related in the Bible in 2 Chronicles 32:20: “This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west ...

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Researchers have identified what is believed to be the world's earliest surviving Christian inscription, shedding light on an ancient sect that followed the teachings of a second-century philosopher ...

The inscription was discovered in the Great Mosque of Homs in Syria. The writing in the inscription image is symmetrical, formal, and spaced in horizontal lines, a style common in formal dedication or ...

An ancient Greek inscription was found on a 1,500-year-old mosaic floor near the Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem. Byzantine emperor Justinian, who ruled in the 6th century A.D., is ...

Israeli archaeologists say a 3,000-year-old fragment of a ceramic jar found near Jerusalem's Temple Mount, dating back to the days of King David and King Solomon, bears a mysterious inscription that ...

The inscription, as found on a column drum unearthed during the dig Danit Levy, Israel Antiquities Authority Last winter, archaeologists working near the entrance of Jerusalem discovered the ...

Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now and The Reel Schmooze podcasts, and heads up The Times of Israel's features. After stumping ...

Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now and The Reel Schmooze podcasts, and heads up The Times of Israel's features. Inked 3,100 years ...