Did hundreds of Jews really commit suicide at Masada? Historian Shaye Cohen compares Josephus' account with recent archaeological evidence. From "Masada: Literary Tradition, Archaeological Remains ...

One of our most important sources for all the history of this period is the Jewish historian, Josephus. Josephus himself grew up in and around Jerusalem; he claims to have been a part of the ...

Masada is one of the most famous archaeological sites in Israel. It is best known from a dramatic episode described by Josephus in his account The Jewish War when the Judean rebels in the First Jewish ...

Rome’s Jewish client king of Judea, Herod the Great, built several amphitheaters to host games in the province during his ...

WARREN, Ohio (MyValleyTributes) – Josephus Carlton, 68, of Warren, Ohio passed away Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at the ...

The son of star athletes Kevin Lyles and Keisha Caine Bishop, Josephus Lyles considers now as good a time as any for philanthropy. For him and his Olympic gold medalist brother Noah Lyles ...

The Jewish author Josephus refers to Pilate in his two major works: the Jewish War and the Antiquities of the Jews. The War, written c. 75–9 ce, contains two incidents concerning the prefect; the ...

To celebrate his retirement this month, Albert J. Elen, senior curator for Drawing and Prints at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, is donating an impressive drawing by the Dutch artist Josephus Augustus ...

Henricus Josephus Antonissen was a Flemish Old Masters painter who was born in 1737. Henricus Josephus Antonissen's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from ...