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In post Exhilic literature, found in Qumran, the Sons of Seth are regarded as fallen angels or Nephilim, while Philo of Alexandria views the term metaphorically as mystics.

A joint Zoom symposium in Jerusalem and London examines the quasi-legal business of antiquities trading in Israel.

The exhibition, on display at Washington’s Museum of the Bible through the end of the year, offers an interactive glimpse at life for the 850 Samaritans living in Israel and the West Bank

2,700-year-old inscribed papyrus, a letter to 'Ishmael' written in early Hebrew script, joins only two others from biblical times. But that's just the beginning of the story

From the the Ark of the Covenant to the crown jewels of Ireland to a 333-carat pink diamond, here are 30 of the worlds most valuable (and missing) treasures.

WAT-ER FIND! Water from huge lost oceans on Mars is STILL there – but it’s now ‘trapped’ underground, study claims Harry Pettit, Senior Digital Technology and Science Reporter 17 Mar 2021, 10:56 Updated: 17 Mar 2021, 11:15 WATER that once flowed over the surface of Mars is now trapped within its crust, according to a Nasa-funded study. The Red Planet was a warm, dry planet covered in lakes and oceans until about three billion years ago, when all of its liquid bodies vanished. 4 Oceans ...

Dead Sea Scrolls Cave Excavations. Photo: IAA 2021 6241925624001 The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced on Tuesday that it has recovered dozens of fragments of a biblical scroll for the first time in about 60 years in what was described as a “complex and challenging national archaeological operation.” The “new” Dead Sea Scroll fragments, include portions from the Book of 12 Minor Prophets, including the books of Zechariah and Nahum. “These are the things you are to do: Spea...

Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., 2017. | The Christian Post Weeks after the Museum of the Bible in Washington transferred control of 5,000 disputed manuscripts and bits of papyrus to the U.S. government, officials have repatriated the artifacts to Egypt, from where the items were thought to have been illegally shipped during the Arab Spring. The handover of the artifacts, which included manuscript fragments, funeral masks, parts of coffins, and the heads of statues, was preceded by exte...