Recent readings on inscriptions written in an ancient alphabet, the Proto-Sinaitic Script, may well provide proof of the ...

While Jews worldwide will celebrate Passover this week, recounting the ancient Israelites’ exodus from Egypt, a newly released report sheds light on a modern exodus that remains largely ...

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...

Though the ancient Israelites fled Egypt in the time of the Pharaohs, they returned during the First Temple period. From the moment of the return of the Jews in 586 BC until this past century, ...

Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the ...

Scientists have sequenced the oldest known DNA from ancient Egypt. It belonged to a potter who lived 4,500 years ago. This ...

Passover, an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the deliverance of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt, begins at sundown April 12. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call) ...