Recent readings on inscriptions written in an ancient alphabet, the Proto-Sinaitic Script, may well provide proof of the ...

High-resolution photography at the turquoise mines of Serabit el-Khadem in Egypt’s south-central Sinai Peninsula highlighted faint letters that one epigrapher reads as “This is from Moses.” ...

Isotope teeth analysis from donkey skeletons at Gath shows valuable female asses were imported for ritual burial under homes, ...

The Bible chronicles that the Israelites reached the Promised Land, also known as Canaan, around 1406 to 1407 BC, following a 40-year period of wandering in the desert. The story of the Exodus, ...

The Jewish holiday of Passover (the Hebrew word for Pesach) is based on the story of the Exodus in the Jewish bible. How the ancient Israelites became enslaved in Egypt for 430 years, how Moses ...

For the remaining Jews of Egypt, the local reaction to the Suez Crisis made life miserable. By the end of June 1957, some 25,000 out of the 45,000 Jews in Egypt were estimated to have left.

For many Jewish people, Passover is a time to reunite with family and recount the exodus from Egypt at a meal called the Seder. Observant Jews avoid various grains known as "chametz," a reminder ...