Long a cultural melting pot and a hub for artists, the 400-year-old city is riding a new surge in popularity. Here’s the ...

These sacred texts, written in Ge'ez, a language known only to the Kessim (Ethiopian Jewish priests), hold significant cultural and historical importance.

A traveling workshop of TAU's Orit Guardians program discovered two 15th-century Orit books—the oldest found to date in the ...

Art History Ireland’s Oldest Book Shrine, Found Buried in a Lake, Reemerges The book shrine is emerging after a 39-year-long conservation process.

The world’s earliest complete, dated and printed book goes back to May 11, 868. And yet, this work came to the limelight only in the early 20th Century. A.S.Ganesh tells you the tale of the ...

It is also worth noting that Brazil is also home to the oldest man in the world. João Marinho Neto from Ceara, who is 112 years old, has been confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records as the ...

The book is Hammer’s account of the deciphering of cuneiform, the oldest known writing system. Cuneiform was invented in around 3400 BC in Mesopotamia. It was used for… ...

A medieval manuscript, believed to be the oldest Jewish book in the world, is now on view in New York City. The Afghan Liturgical Quire, which dates to approximately the year 700 CE, is on display ...

The museum faced a significant challenge: Before it could showcase it to the world, it needed to legitimize its ownership of the manuscript. This required years of delicate negotiations with New ...

The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., has introduced a new exhibit ahead of Rosh Hashanah that displays the Afghan Liturgical Quire, the oldest Jewish book in the world.

Then, following the 9/11 attacks and the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the book’s tracks disappeared until 2012, when a rare book dealer photographed it in London.

Museum of the Bible unveils world’s ‘oldest Jewish book’ in new exhibit, but before scholars present findings on its age.