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 estimate the "curse tablet," made from a folded lead sheet and inscribed with proto-alphabetic characters, may be at least 3,200 years old. Archaeologists working in the West Bank say ...

An international team of archaeologists has uncovered an ancient Biblical era temple in Israel. The ruins of the Canaanite temple were discovered within a large Bronze Age settlement in what is now ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — One of the oldest surviving biblical manuscripts, a nearly complete 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible, could soon be yours — for a cool $30 million. The Codex Sassoon, a leather-bound, ...

JERUSALEM -- One of the oldest surviving biblical manuscripts, a nearly complete 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible, could soon be yours -- for a cool $30 million. The Codex Sassoon, a leather-bound, ...

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 ...