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The Musem of the Bible in Washington, D.C. is set to unveil 14 new exhibits and a documentary during the Easter holiday.

The truth is, we remember much of the civil rights movement through its very visible male leaders — giants like Roy Wilkins, Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy. Virtually all of the main characters in the film “Selma” are men.

But there were so many women, both behind the scenes and on the front lines, who shaped the movement.

French-Norwegian archeologists have reportedly uncovered remains of an ancient Christian monastery in Egypt.

Archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority recently unearthed around two dozen ancient scroll fragments from a Dead Sea cave.

Just in time for the Jewish holiday of Purim, one of the world's oldest copies of the Book of Esther has been gifted to Israel's National Library.

Harriet Tubman is set to replace former President Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill.

Frederick Douglass’s life was a marvelous fusion of biblical teaching, conversion, personal piety, and social action. His life and work had a profound impact on the United States and beyond, and was shaped by his conviction that we are all made in the image of God.

In Israel, archaeologists have unearthed 3,000-year-old cloth remnants dating to the time of King David that are dyed with the unique royal purple described in the Bible as worn by biblical kings and even Jesus himself.

Israeli archaeologists recently discovered a 1,500-year-old inscription found in the Jezreel Valley. The inscription reads, "Christ, born of Mary."

In his new book, Holy Land Archaeology on Either Side: Archaeological Essays in Honour of Eugenio Alliata, Archaeologist Győző Vörös shares that the dance floor where John the Baptist was condemned to death may have been discovered.