Syria blamed the Islamic State group — entered with a rifle and began firing. As worshippers tackled him, he detonated an ...

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The Western Wall is one of the most sacred and contested religious sites in the world. Originally a retaining wall for the Second Temple, it has become a focal point of Jewish prayer and identity. But ...

Thanks to AI and modern carbon dating techniques, we have a new understanding of when the Dead Sea Scrolls were written – which could revise the story of Judea ...

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Over the past 100 years, historians were left puzzled over one of ancient Egypt ’s most powerful and fascinating rulers' ...