New research examines artifacts found in 2018 in two vessels next to the synagogue at Huqoq, in an excavation led by Prof.

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 ...

“We had no idea that that was there,” said Phil Callahan, a past president of the synagogue. “It’s a total mystery.” The current president, Jack Singer, said the synagogue hopes to try ...

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 ...

As Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker prepared to lead a livestreamed service, a man, later identified as Malik Faisal Akram, arrived at the synagogue. His presence would change the course of the day ...

My family’s 100-year-old synagogue and our kids’ grade school burned down. But out of the ashes of the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center emerged an intriguing piece of history. On the wall of ...

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 ...

A planned pro-Palestine march in central London has been hit with new conditions amid fears of the impact it would have on a nearby synagogue. The protesters had planned to march near the BBC’s ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Hasidic Jewish students observe as law enforcement establishes a perimeter around a breached wall in the ...

Four men accused of damaging a Brooklyn synagogue during a melee that followed the discovery of a secret tunnel at the global headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement of Hasidic Judaism are ...

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 ...

A Brooklyn judge on Monday berated a rebellious crew of Hasidic Jewish students charged with digging a secret tunnel under a prominent Crown Heights synagogue — even as four defiantly demanded a ...