The legend of the lost tribes grew not because the tribes vanished, but because the biblical record leaves their fate ...

A number of ancient settlement sites were recently discovered in the Amazon's Upper Tapajós Basin. This is no El Dorado – although you'd be forgiven for thinking so. The press coverage demonstrates a ...

If you believe you’re a distant descendant of a “lost tribe of Israel” and want to reconnect to this ancient past, all you have to do is go online — where you’ll now find a detailed course on the ...

The Ten Lost Tribes of Israel have fascinated historians, theologians, and explorers for centuries. After the Assyrian conquest of the northern kingdom of Israel in 722 BCE, these tribes were said to ...

In Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Brazil, Haiti, Namibia and Guadeloupe By Riccardo Orizio Free Press. 270 pp. $25 One of the odder legacies of imperialism and colonialism is the enduring fascination with which ...

In the Bible, the Land of Israel was divided into twelve areas, one for each tribe (except for the priestly tribe of Levi) . But 2,700 years ago, ten of the twelve tribes were lost, exiled by invading ...

A number of ancient settlement sites were recently discovered in the Amazon’s Upper Tapajós Basin. This is no El Dorado – although you’d be forgiven for thinking so. The press coverage demonstrates a ...

Israelis will go to the polls on Jan. 22 to elect a new parliament and, by extension, government – an event that has so far attracted relatively little international attention. Understandably so: ...