In 1962, archaeologists uncovered an extraordinary artifact in a tomb near Thessaloniki, Greece—the Derveni Papyrus. Preserved by the very flames that threatened to destroy it, this charred manuscript ...

Can you give just a general definition of what's meant by the term the Hellenistic world? The Hellenistic world is that world that was created after the conquests of the near east by Alexander the ...

Palestinian Judaism of the Hellenistic and Early Roman period is marked by a tension between central and local, between national and sectarian institutions and concepts. Rather than emphasizing the ...