But as Louvre president Laurence des Cars has admitted, a visit to the overcrowded museum can also be a “physical ordeal” and some facilities urgently need updating. Last month, President Macron ...

Akhenaten was an Egyptian Pharaoh back in the 1300s BCE who upended the religious landscape of ancient Egypt. Within years of ...

An Israeli Diaspora Affairs Ministry committee said in a statement that more than 50 million non-Jewish people worldwide have an affinity with Judaism or Israel, including both groups and individuals ...

The Jewish tradition loves serious play with words. This week’s Torah portion begins with God’s telling Moses, “Go to Pharaoh” (Exodus 10:1) to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go.

As Hashem had told Moshe, it would take a “Mighty Hand” to coerce Pharaoh to release Bnei Yisrael (the Children of Israel) from the slavery of Egypt. Unshakable stubbornness is a key feature ...

Starting at £20,000 , this exceptional quartzite fragment from the Amarna Period (18th–19th Dynasty) depicts a pharaoh kneeling ... traditions after Akhenaten's monotheistic experiment.