Canaanite inscription lamenting a plague of lice unearthed in biblical Lachish

In the ancient world, lice were ubiquitous and excruciating enough to be chosen by God as one of the Ten Plagues sent against the Egyptians ahead of the Exodus, as described in the Torah. A new discovery by a team of Israeli archaeologists and researchers has shed light not only on the experience of dealing […]

Sphinx Statue Found in Israel Has Historians Baffled

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Thus saith the LORD: The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine… (Isaiah 45:14) The Tel Hazor excavation site in northern Israel made headlines last month when the discovery of part of an Egyptian sphinx statue was […]