The Jubilee has roots in the Jewish practice of Sabbath rest every seven days, connected to the creation story in which God created the world in six days and rested on the next. This rest is not ...

The biblical books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy ... Scholars are not quite sure if and how Jubilees were actually put into practice in the ancient world, though they are referred to in the New ...

The lentil-shaped objects were unearthed in Hadrianopolis, an ancient city in modern-day Turkey, that once hosted a Roman ...

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a stash of Roman gold coins dating back some 1,600 years. The coins are marked ...

In a discovery that has sent shockwaves through the archaeological and historical communities, an ancient book was unearthed beneath the Nile River, leaving experts stunned, and pale, after its ...

D uring the reign of Emperor Hadrian, two Jewish outlaws stood trial for a series of crimes including the freeing of slaves ...

A new memoir by the tech mogul recounts a boyhood steeped in old-fashioned, analog pastimes as well as precocious feats of coding. By Jennifer Szalai It’s among the more playful matters on his ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

Latecomers are seated at the discretion of management. The Book of Mormon follows two young missionaries who are sent to Uganda to try to convert citizens to the Mormon religion. One missionary ...

George Oppen’s “From a Photograph” turns a wintry snapshot into a moving meditation on parenthood and the passage of time. Our critic A.O. Scott shows you what he loves about it. By A.O ...

In his latest book Dr Rangan Chatterjee teaches you how to smash the bad habits steering you straight towards burnout. Gripping tale of the lines on which espionage meets the Vatican's priests.