(JNS) A lead tablet found at a site where millions of Jews and Christians believe the Israelite leader Joshua built an altar contains the oldest Hebrew text ever found in the Land of Israel as well as ...

A lead "curse tablet" written in ancient Hebrew more than 3,000 years ago may actually be a fishing weight with no discernible writing, new research suggests. The postage stamp-size lead piece, known ...

A group of Palestinian rioters vandalized Joshua's Altar in the West Bank, a site revered by millions of Jews and Christians. The altar, which is located at Mount Ebal, was damaged after the rioters ...

“And it will be, when the Lord, your God, will bring you to the land to which you come, to possess it, that you shall place those blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and those cursing upon Mount Ebal ...

The Mount Ebal archaeological site and location of Joshua's altar near Shechem. (JNS) Israel will not allow the Palestinian Authority to damage a major archaeological site located deep in the biblical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists estimate the "curse tablet," made from a folded lead sheet and inscribed with proto-alphabetic characters, may be ...

On a site in modern-day Israel, academics believe they’ve found the oldest Hebrew text ever discovered, with an apparent link to a scene described in the Old Testament. A team of scholars affiliated ...

At a recent press conference in Houston, a team of archaeologists announced a startling new find. They discovered an inscribed tablet from ancient Israel, well over 3,000 years old, that they say ...

Social media quickly revved into high gear. The rest of us would be wise to proceed more slowly. When people ask me the age-old question of whether a biblical account that looks to be historical ...

HOUSTON — Today, the Associates for Biblical Research (ABR) announced the discovery of a formulaic curse recovered on a small, folded lead tablet. The defixio came to light in December 2019 when ...

Security forces were called Monday morning to the Mount Ebal area, north of Shechem (Nablus), following a report of a shooting attack targeting an Israeli vehicle. Upon arrival, IDF forces located the ...