Also, the Reading and Allentown symphony orchestras will be in concert, and the annual West Reading Ice 'n Spice Festival will take over Penn Avenue.

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Ancient Bethlehem lies in the West Bank ... streets that could come from a scene in the Disney movie “Aladdin,” paintings of young Palestinian “martyrs” carrying AK-47s remind visitors ...

The first, “peaceful,” Vapheio gold cup showing a man capturing a bull. Credit: Zde/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0 The pair of stunning gold cups, called the “Vapheio Cups,” are considered ...

Artist Beshoy Zaraa describes the tradition of painting the Christian story of the nativity of Jesus in Egyptian art to Al-Ahram Weekly.

Throughout history, mythological subjects have fascinated the minds of people who continue to admire ancient legends captured by painters on canvas. From the most to least famous, these are ten great ...

A fascinating new study reveals that the mammalian outer ear has its evolutionary roots in the gills of ancient fish. This surprising discovery sheds light on how structures can adapt over millions of ...

The U.S. gained its 26th UNESCO World Heritage Site this summer. The Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Moravian settlement joined three other Moravian settlements in Germany, Denmark and Northern Ireland ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The congregation of Trinity United Church of Christ in Bethlehem, Pa., holds its last Christmas Eve service ...

As other Christians in the region, we may face extinction despite being one of the most ancient communities,” he said. Friar Ibrahim Faltas, vicar of the Custody of the Holy Land, in Bethlehem ...