Was the story of King Solomon's life whitewashed and rewritten by biblical scribes? A historian claims that this is the only logical explanation why there is no trace of his gold left in Israel.
The burial cave in Israel from the Late Bronze Age, the time of Pharaoh Ramses II – possibly from the story of the Exodus from Egypt - contained dozens of intact objects.
On the moral plane, the Torah taught the world how to see. That remains our responsibility, our struggle and our task.
To be a people with free will means to apply, in the loftiest sense, our uniqueness as humans created in the image of God.
The tomb of Ptah-M-Wia, the treasurer of Pharaoh Ramesses II, was unearthed at the Saqqara necropolis by Egyptian archaeologists.
The stele is accredited to the reign of the pharaoh Apries and may discuss a military campaign of his. One campaign saw him try to fight the Babylonians as they sought to destroy the First Temple.
The city was built more than 3,400 years ago during the opulent reign of Amenhotep III, one of Egypt's most powerful pharaohs.
People often use power, and when it is employed, it is not easy to overcome it. The Midrash teaches us that when power is met with empathy, consideration and compassion, it collapses and retreats.
Moses’ goal is to take the people out of slavery and bring them to the land of Israel but he never states that.
“Will we find [anyone] like this, a man in whom there is the spirit of God?” (Genesis 41: 38).