The verb va-yach (“he struck”) is also significant. It shares its root with makot, the plagues. Moses strikes first; God ...

There are striking parallels between Yaakov and Moshe which are evoked in Parshat Shemot : Both men had spent their youths, ...

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The 25-year-old’s heroics with Al Nashama didn’t stop there. In December, he was the Golden Boot winner at the Fifa Arab Cup, ...

At the base of a pyramid-shaped peak in the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos lies the tomb of an unknown pharaoh. After decades of ex- cavations at the site, and con-sidering the Egyptians’ usually ...

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Egypt has officially unveiled meticulously restored colossal statues of an ancient pharaoh in the southern city of Luxor – an event designed to bolster the nation’s vital tourism sector. The ...

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Egypt unveiled two restored Colossi of Memnon in Luxor, reassembled over 20 years after being toppled by an earthquake around 1200BC. The statues of Amenhotep III, 14.5m and 13.6m tall, now flank the ...

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Archaeologists diving off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt, have discovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old "pleasure barge" from the time of the Ptolemaic period. When you purchase through links on our ...

In 2009, archaeologists discovered a Coptic monastery in Abydos founded in the fifth century a.d. Embedded in its floor was a large fragment of an inscription that was more than 1,500 years older. The ...