Sartaba/Alexandrium was built by the Hasmoneans and expanded by Herod. A team of archaeologists has launched a first ...

Comparisons aside, the president has articulated a Middle East policy that diverges from the model of the famous emperor.

March 2 is Read Across America Day. The day, which is meant to encourage and celebrate a love of reading in young people, might sound like a great idea if you’ve been watching the news lately.

Archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem just concluded their second season of excavations at Hyrcania, where they found colorful Byzantine mosaics and Herodian frescoes ...

Sopranos Kirsten Chambers, Marcy Stonikas and Nina Warren are co-starring in Opera’s upcoming ‘Salome’ production ...

Here are 10 Gene Hackman performances we love. They are not the only 10, but they are 10 great ones. Sam Raimi’s 1995 Western ...

The Israeli Police said on Thursday that 3,000 officers would be deployed in Jerusalem for the first Friday of Ramadan as thousands of Muslims are expected to gather at the Temple Mount for morning ...

"Salome," a one-act tragedy by the Irish playwright, terrified the Victorian public with its provocative depiction of a ...

There’s only one Hackman, and now he’s gone. Growing up in the age of the brawny action star, as I did, Hackman’s success as ...

The late Gene Hackman leaves a legacy of cinematic grasping, of striving for more. What's more common—or more American—than that?

“flee to Egypt” to escape King Herod the Great, who wants to kill the baby identified by the Magi as “the newborn king of the Jews.” The Holy Family, Pope Pius XII says, “is the ...

Do you like history? I do. And I’m not sure why except that, I think it’s interesting to imagine those earlier times and then try to imagine yourself in that ...