A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery in Egypt.

The term "scapegoat" refers to someone who unfairly takes the blame for others but its origins come from an ancient Hebrew ...

The following are the most important versions or translations of the Bible. 1. Septuagint. The oldest Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament is known as the Septuagint, and was made between ...

The OT of the most ancient surviving Christian Bible manuscripts - Codex Vaticanus (4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (4th century) and Codex Alexandrinus (5th century) - are Greek Septuagint text.

Khalil Sayegh recalls his childhood in Gaza’s Christian community and speaks of the loss of his father and sister.

In fact, some ancient Greek and Roman naturalists thought they ... THE “scarlet worm” in the Bible refers to a specific insect called the coccus ilicis, also known as the crimson worm or ...

This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem "Ozymandias." ...

In other words: “Leave me alone. I’ve got mine, and you’ve got yours, and that is all that really matters. Let us retreat ...

Alexander the Great is one of the legendary conquerors of ancient history who sparked the imagination of generations of ...

"Imaginary Books," an upcoming show at New York's Grolier Club takes a counterfactual tour around the literary universe.

Mysterious plant mentioned in the Bible is resurrected by germinating a 1,000-year-old seed found in a desert cave An ...

The upright piano was old and out of tune, but James Linzey couldn’t resist the urge to stop and touch the keys. Sitting in ...