Pharaoh
The high price of not listening: What Pharaoh teaches us about power and humility
Pharaoh ignored every warning until his nation collapsed. His mistake isn’t ancient, it’s painfully familiar today.
Parashat Va'era: Between Pharaoh and Persia, pride before a fall
Parashat Va’era: Why being good is the secret strength we forget
Parashat Shemot: Learning God
What do Pharaoh, Moses teach Israel about its leadership crisis?
MIDDLE ISRAEL: There was a time when leaders thought of things larger than themselves.
New tech shows what Rameses II's face looked like
New facial rendering software was combined with software used to identify criminals and victims in the UK for the project.
Archaeologists discover mysterious ancient Egyptian tomb
The identity of the figure interred within the tomb is still unknown, but Egyptian experts think it may belong to someone from the 18th Dynasty.
Two tombs containing 60 mummies discovered by Spanish archaeologists
The two tombs discovered went down six meters deep, according to the director of the archaeology mission Francisco J. Martín.
Historian claims Solomon was not King of Israel, but an Egyptian Pharaoh
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.
Israeli archeologists discover 'once-in-a-lifetime find' of ancient pottery under beach
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.
Parashat Va’erah: Contrasting households
On the moral plane, the Torah taught the world how to see. That remains our responsibility, our struggle and our task.
Parashat Va’erah: Pharoah’s free will
To be a people with free will means to apply, in the loftiest sense, our uniqueness as humans created in the image of God.
Tomb of Ramses II's treasurer unearthed in Egypt
The tomb of Ptah-M-Wia, the treasurer of Pharaoh Ramesses II, was unearthed at the Saqqara necropolis by Egyptian archaeologists.
Biblical-era Egyptian stele discovered by farmer
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.