National Geographic archaeologist George E. Stuart reported in 1975 on the scientists who sought to decode the ancient language—and the looters who stood in their way.

The world’s oldest complete Hebrew Bible, the Codex Sassoon, recently unveiled at the Anu–Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, carries a direct connection to India through its namesake, David ...

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Reuters bureau chief for Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. Hezbollah saw new war with Israel as inevitable and rearmed for months, sources say Lebanese armed group Hezbollah spent months restocking its ...