Herod was born in Ashkelon, a Mediterranean seaport. His father, Antipater, was from Idumea or Edom ("land of red people"), the sa...

Biblical Archaeology Review Oil Lamps Shedding Light on an Ancient Migration Were there human migrations and refugees in antiquity? Yes...

Ashkenazi Jews are a greater mix of genetic ancestries than previously thought. The majority of males studied have the R1a-Y2619 lineage  ...

Pharoah’s papyrus scrolls may not seem the most reliable sources for investigating the story of the Israelite’s Exodus, but Egyptologist G...