A prophecy about Alexander the Great is found in the Jewish Book of Daniel, which was written 200 years before his birth.

Cyrus the Great of Persia was a king who lived in the fifth century before Christ. An able general, Cyrus used both force and diplomacy to bring under his sway now-forgotten kingdoms such as the ...

The fast of Tevet 10, in remembrance of the siege of Jerusalem, is also the "general kaddish day." Watch the Rebbe read the ...

Xerxes I King of Persia 519 B.C.-465 B.C. or 464 B.C Introduction: Debating Xerxes' Rule in Babylonia / Caroline Waerzeggers -- Towards a Framework for Interpreting Social and Economic Change in ...

How did the notion of New Year’s resolutions get started? We need to go back about 4,000 years to ancient Babylonia and the ...

One of the four fasts mourning the Temple's destruction, today marks the day the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem began.

Total postal receipts for 1950 as revealed by Postmaster John Vaughan today, were $229,527.72. This compares with a 1949 total of $214,948.28 and shows an increase of approximately $14,500. Vaughn ...

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The star leads the Magi to Israel, first to Jerusalem and later to Bethlehem, where they find and worship the child Jesus. Gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh are laid before the Child. These gifts ...

A beloved periodical that has been in continuous operation since John Adams was president is calling for more snowfall in Maryland this winter than last — and decreasing chances of remaining in ...

But by letting New Year’s resolutions go, Americans may be losing something: a distinctly communal ritual that can remind people of how entangled their well-being is with that of others. New Year’s ...

These ruins of the city of Babylon in Iraq date to the Neo-Babylonian Empire (626–539 B.C.). A 22-inch-high basalt stela depicting Babylon’s king Nabonidus (r. 556–539 B.C.) shows him wearing a ...