Medieval Christians drawing boundaries around ancient Israelite tribes on Holy Land maps had no idea they were influencing how later mapmakers would depict political power. Those red ink lines, meant ...

While leaders have changed, borders have shifted, and even some names have been altered, a handful of nations referenced in The Bible remain. Here are several countries from The Bible that still exist ...

A Bible from 1525 with an incorrect map changed the way Europe imagined borders and territories for centuries.

JERUSALEM – As Israelis mark the rebirth of their nation 76 years after the country’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, declared the modern founding of Israel in 1948, opponents of the Jewish ...

Joan Taylor has received funding from the Commonwealth scholarships and Fulbright schemes, the Wellcome Trust, Leverhulme and various academic societies. In terms of religious faith she is a Quaker.