wise men or magicians and was applied to people from all over. The gifts they bore–gold, frankincense and myrrh–hint at Arabia, since unrelated Bible stories describe camel trains of similar ...

Many people believe that the three wise men, as described in the Bible, were astrologers. They studied the movements of the planets (called wandering stars back then, since the planets change ...

In the Bible ... “wise men from the East.” At many courts in the east, including ancient Babylon and Persia, learned astrologers often served as priestly advisers, practiced in the art ...