Researchers believe that the altar dates back to a time after Mesha, king of Moab, successfully led a rebellion against the Kingdom of Israel and conquered ancient Ataroth which was then under ...

Until now, much of the lettering on a basalt stone slab, written in the language of the Moab kingdom, was too damaged or faded to be conclusively decipherable. Analysts suspected it referred to ...

In the 9th century BC, King Mesha of the Moab Kingdom -- located on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea -- wanted to test his people's loyalty in a war against the Kingdom of Israel, said historian ...