Brutal tyrant or reluctant judge? Pilate’s encounter with Christ exposes the cost of power, fear, and placating the crowd.

Nathanael Andrade explores the historical record to puncture a "misreading" that has often come back to haunt Jews come ...

When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by destroying a Kushite ...

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

Callimachus, the Ancient Greek genius, influenced library organization and the poetic preference for shorter verses over long ...

S ome years seem to zip by in the blink of an eye, while others seem to drag on for far longer. But some, like leap years, ...

The allegations are laid out in a papyrus that was discovered decades ago in the Judean desert but only recently analyzed.

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

Passover, then, is both a celebration and a challenge. It is a celebration of the values by which civilized people are ...

While circumcision was common in many ancient cultures, the Romans considered it undesirable. In certain parts of the Empire, ...

Scientists scooped sand from a riverbed in Thailand and found two nymphs of rare mayfly species not seen in 22 years, a study said. Photo from Kwanboon and Boonsoong (2025) Knee-deep in a river of ...