They are not merely fulfilling a civic duty; they are answering a sacred call. I have often said, “If all of Israel is holy, then our soldiers are the “Holy of Holies.” ...

The Holy of Holies, an empty space, underscores God’s transcendence. Communion with God involves transcending materiality to connect with the divine spark within each person.

Many different explanations of the episode but the reason given explicitly in the Torah is ‘they were not commanded.’ The primary Hassidic commentaries elaborate that they entered the ‘Holy of Holies’ ...

First, the sacrifice was made by the high priest, and then blood was taken from it (both from a bull and a goat) into the Holy of Holies (the holiest part — the inner sanctum — of the Temple ...

Many archaeologists have spent their lives searching for the Ark of the Covenant, but a prophecy about the Biblical relic ...

Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city of Abydos dating to about 3,600 years ago during a chaotic period in ...

Thebes was once ancient Egypt's capital and the cultic center of its most prominent god: Amun. It also was home to one of the largest temple precincts in the ancient world: Karnak.

A joint team of British and Egyptian archaeologists spent two years excavating a tomb, dubbed No. C4, located just west of Luxor, initially believing it belonged to the wife of an ancient king.

Scientists discovered an over 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy who may have died of the bubonic plague, marking the first case of the disease outside Eurasia. De Agostini via Getty Images Scientists ...

Thus when it was first constructed, the Ark of the Covenant was kept inside the portable Tabernacle in the Holy of Holies. However, once the Israelites settled in Canaan, the Ark and the Tabernacle ...