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Ancient Greek mythology is full of bestiality, including Zeus turning into a swan to seduce Leda, and Poseidon cursing Pasiphaë into falling in love with a bull. A new discovery in Israel, however, ...

A 4,300-year-old silver goblet unearthed in the West Bank is engraved the earliest known depiction of the universe’s creation — a scene strikingly similar to the Book of Genesis, a new study revealed.

Opium use may have been widespread in ancient Egyptian culture—including potentially among notable kings. Yale researchers found chemical traces of opiates in an ancient alabaster vase at the Peabody ...

Ritual artifacts belonging to the Canaanites, an ancient people referenced in the Old Testament, were recently found in Israel — along with a 5,000-year-old winepress. The Israel Antiquities Authority ...