The years-long project to revamp the Portland International Airport reached another milestone, the week of May 19, when the footprint of Phase 2 was completed. That footprint, in the northwest corner ...

Come meet the living stones — not just the ancient ones ... It began in a manger — in occupied Bethlehem. No paywalls here. Thanks to you. As an independent nonprofit, RNS believes everyone ...

Groups of locals walked slowly toward Manger Square ... one of the most ancient communities,” he said. Friar Ibrahim Faltas, vicar of the Custody of the Holy Land, in Bethlehem, West Bank ...

With approximately 3,400 residents, modest in size like its ancient namesake ... has a life-size manger scene.(Photo: Joseph Pronechen) A panorama of the town of Bethlehem is etched high on ...

In the tradition of ancient Jewish ... shows Jesus at rest in the manger. Painting by Duccio di Buoninsegna via Pantheon Studios, Inc. When the couple arrived in Bethlehem, the Gospels tell ...

Advert The shepherds and the manger were probably added to the story ... who spent more than 10 years excavating an ancient site, believes Jesus was born in a small village called Bethlehem of Galilee ...

The story of Bethlehem, shepherds, wise men, and a manger may have only emerged later as Christians tried to tie Jesus' story into an ancient Jewish prophecy. Instead, some experts suggest that ...

A question frequently heard by astronomers near Christmas is, “What was the Star of Bethlehem ... should be only a matter of looking through ancient records to see if anything unusual ...

“At Christmas, we sing about Bethlehem and we put up our manger scenes and talk about ... the displays are forcing modern politics into ancient tradition and perpetrating a false narrative.

And we have yet a third first-Christmas astronomy puzzle: how does Matthew’s star move “before them,” like the taillights on the snowplow you might follow during a blizzard, and then stop and stand ...

The word “manger” suggests a stable, because that’s where animals would be kept. However, most people in first-century Bethlehem would not have kept ... and how this new religion changed the ancient ...