Archaeologists excavating at Hadrian’s Villa outside of Rome have unearthed a marble slab dedicated to Summanus, the god of nocturnal lightning.

According to Gad Saad and his powerful acolytes, compassion is a recipe for “the collective suicide of the West.”

Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.

Those who seek moral guidance from the Bible are faced with a further challenge: how does one interpret, distill, and apply the sheer variety of ethical views contained in these diverse texts in…

It isn't as far-fetched as it sounds.

In 1897, nearly 200,000 dusty documents were retrieved from a forgotten genizah in Cairo. But why were these manuscripts left behind?

This week, noted ailurophile and Homerist Joel Christensen sings to us about new scholarship helping us to make sense of Homer and highlights a new book on lamentation and glory in the Iliad. Then, re...

A forthcoming executive order is an attempted workaround for President Trump, who is anxious to cut research funding to Harvard amid his continuing legal battle with the institution.

When reading texts from the Hebrew Bible or ancient Rome, it is tempting to focus on the similarities between ‘them’ and ‘us’, our shared humanity, and the very familiar descriptions of longing,…

Her twins Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene were made prisoners. But they still had a big role to play in Roman history.

We spoke to design experts and Wirecutter staffers for tips on how to stylishly store books at home when space is tight.

Abstract. The language of rules and rule texts is used with reference to the Dead Sea Scrolls found in eleven scroll caves near the site of Qumran based on

The battle is about to begin. The odds are against our heroes. But a rousing exhortation can secure victory. In war, leaders call their soldiers to violence. Joseph Scales collects and analyses every ...

The Dead Sea Scrolls are usually presented as proof of the Bible's truth or accuracy, but their real significance is more complicated.

Precious Moments figurines and Christian romance novels aren’t overtly political, but they shape how Christian women see themselves and the world.

After 9/11, suspicion of Islam hardened into an assumption in Texas that Muslim identity itself signals danger, writes a scholar of constitutional law.

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This essay was part of a 2026 NAPS Conference Book Review Panel devoted to Things Unseen Essays on Evidence, Knowledge, and the Late Ancient World by Ellen Muehlberger. Read the full forum …

In Things Unseen , Muehlberger stands before the late ancient Knowledge Machine and takes in its vastness, evaluating what it produces and how it works.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney drew international attention earlier this year by warning that middle powers such as Canada must resist economic coercion.