A 12th-century sword spotted jutting out of the seabed in Israel was designed for one-handed combat during the Crusades.

Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics.

[That] year Sigehelm and Athelstan took to Rome – and also to India to [the shrines of] St Thomas and St Bartholomew – the alms which King Alfred had vowed to send there when they besieged the raiding ...

The Book of Esther verse about conversion offers a warning about that dynamic, and an imperative to learn from it. The lesson is not to condemn Judaism. It is to refuse a simplified story in which ...

The looters had plans to plunder an ancient cave workshop from the Second Temple Period on Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus.

In this guest article, historian Tony McMahon explores the numerous theories that the Holy Grail was brought to Britain, ideas he also investigated with Professor Alice Roberts in the Sky HISTORY ...

Along with ritual immersion, John the Baptist called people to moral reform. His essential message, like the prophets of Israel before him, was one of repentance from sin in anticipation of God’s ...

Mention the word Samaritan and your understanding may be shaped by Revd Chad Varah and the listening Samaritans in Britain.

Aqsa since the Israel-Hamas ceasefire have revived the Third Temple debate. Here's why Jerusalem's Temple Mount keeps the world on edge., Middle East, Times Now ...

In three weeks, Amichai Eliyahu will return to the Sartaba site and renew the ancient practice of lighting fires to signal the new Hebrew month.The post Israeli heritage minister raises ...

With the penny being ushered out of circulation early in the 21st century, theologians, historians, archaeologists and numismatists continue to glean insights from coins of the first century, when ...

A new peer reviewed article offers an alternative reading of the famous Gospel story that saw Jesus flipping the tables of ...