The 'scarlet worm' mentioned in the Bible is a scale insect, which lives in oak trees, with the main species of the ancient world being Kermes ... The scarlet dye is known as as shani or tola’at shani ...

Judaism is an ancient religion, with roots going back thousands of years ... and others can only access Hebrew prayers through memorization or transliteration (that’s where you take Hebrew and render ...

In 1983, biblical scholar Robert Gundry was ousted from the Evangelical Theological Society. Gundry, in his lengthy ...

The smaller geoglyphs were along ancient winding trails likely made throughout the desert by Nazca people viewing the symbols in small groups, according to the study. The bigger Nazca symbols were ...

“The fossil pollen, spores, and wood presented in this study paint a much different picture of the ancient environment, providing direct evidence of the presence of cool, wet forests.

The Phaistos disk from circa 1700 B.C. The signs were not engraved using a stylus but rather pressed onto the wet clay using molds or seals in a kind of ancient typesetting. One of the great ...

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The other is Elijah, who God took to heaven in a whirlwind (2 Kings 2:11). Elijah knew he would leave this earth dramatically. The book of Enoch is an ancient Hebrew apocalyptic religious text. There ...

The genetic profile of the Xiaohe goat was similar to that of goats belonging to ancient Eurasian steppe people, meaning the Xiaohe may have learned animal husbandry and cheese-making from them.

Population of ancient Greece, Men weighing merchandise, side B of an Attic black-figure amphora. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.5 Estimating the population of ancient Greece is a ...

Think of it as an architectural moussaka. At the bottom are remnants of the ancient city dating back to the fifth century BCE, tucked underneath Metro stations, clothes shops and residential ...

The martial artifacts found at the temple complex were likely offerings that an ancient kingdom made to their chief god. While excavating at an ancient castle in Turkey, archaeologists unearthed ...