Researchers claim to have a method of using AI to date the Dead Sea Scrolls — this could have implications for the way we ...

This is the story of the Temple of Olympian Zeus, an attraction of Athens that was once among the largest temples of the ...

“Antiochus Epiphanes, a Seleucid who ruled from 175-164 B.C., captured Jerusalem in 167 B.C. and promptly desecrated the Temple by removing the altar, replacing it with a Greek altar to Zeus and ...

In the first century B.C, King Antiochus I of Commagene built a sanctuary unlike any of his predecessors. His unexplored tomb at Nemrut Dağ may show us more about death and worship in ancient Turkey.

The Seleucid king Antiochus Epiphanes outlawed circumcision and executed Jewish women who circumcised their sons. The Roman Emperor Hadrian banned it as well.

Geoffrey explores the story of the Maccabees and the history of Hanukkah.

Whichever holiday you may be celebrating this week, I hope it is joyous, peaceful, and heartening. Thanks for spending your time with The Dispatch. Ephraim Radner: Christmas and Hanukkah: Distinct ...

In 167 B.C. the Judeans, led by a priest named Mattathias and his sons, rebelled against their Seleucid Greek overlord, Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Antiochus’ idea of reform, the historian Diodorus ...

Re-dedication was necessary because Seleucid king of Syria, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, had defiled the Temple by having an altar to Zeus placed there.

The short version of the story is this: Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Seleucid leader of the Syrian kingdom, came to power and ruled the Land of Israel. Antiochus was a Hellenist and he required ...

Greetings from Antiochus Epiphanes: Researchers find rooftiles from Hanukkah period The most ancient rooftiles found in the Land of Israel were discovered in the City of David, and they were ...