Aug 18, 2025 · Well known for its role in the biblical Exodus, the Sinai Peninsula spans roughly 23,000 square miles, making it larger than the modern state of Israel.

Mar 11, 2025 · Scholars debate whether Mt. Sinai is Har Karkom in Israel or in northwest Saudi Arabia, with evidence supporting both locations.

Apr 9, 2025 · Why did the Israelites make a golden calf? It’s a question that has puzzled readers of the biblical Book of Exodus for millennia. As Exodus tells us, after Yahweh is victorious over the gods …

Oct 27, 2025 · The Way of Horus was a critical trade route connecting ancient Egypt to the greater Near Eastern world. It was so important, in fact, that during the New Kingdom period (c. 1570–1069 BCE), …

Jan 17, 2022 · The excavated building, which was nearly 2,500 square feet, was strategically located near the area’s main water source. In addition to being an administrative center, the building was the …

Nov 26, 2018 · Constantine Tischendorf’s chance finding of Codex Sinaiticus, the oldest New Testament manuscript, at St. Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai—and his later removal of the manuscript—made

Mar 21, 2012 · The Sisters of Sinai How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gospels (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009), 316 pp., $27.95 (hardcover) by Janet Soskice Reviewed by John Merrill …

Sep 23, 2025 · The Codex Sinaiticus text differs in numerous instances from that of the authorized version of the Bible in use during Constantine Tischendorf’s time. See a visual comparison between …

Jun 25, 2024 · Everything about it has been difficult. Located in the Sinai desert about 10 miles west of the ancient Gaza Road (Darb Ghazza, in Arabic) as it passes through Bedouin territory separating …

May 2, 2022 · Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of an ancient temple of Zeus Kasios at the site of Tell el-Farma in the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula.