The earliest known Hebrew text written in a Proto-Canaanite script has been discovered by Hebrew University archaeologists in an ancient city in the area where legend has it that David slew Goliath -- ...

ON the return to England of the members of the Marston-Wellcome Archaeological Expedition to Lachish at the close of excavations for the season 1937–38, further discoveries of examples of early Hebrew ...

JERUSALEM — On June 11, Israeli typeface designer and professor Liron Lavi Turkenich found herself teaching a new student: her country’s president, Reuven Rivlin. Turkenich, a 32-year-old professor of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A 2,800-year-old jar inscribed in Hebrew with the Yahwistic name "Benayo" has been discovered at ...

Five lines of ancient script on a shard of pottery could be the oldest example of Hebrew writing ever discovered, an archaeologist in Israel says. The shard was found by a teenage volunteer during a ...

When Liron Lavi Turkenich designed a writing system combining Hebrew and Arabic characters as a final project in college, she probably could not have imagined that her script would become the focal ...

The rise of a whole new profession of calligraphy artists, often with little or no connection with tradition, has meant a new approach to the aleph-bet. A Hebrew scribe – sofer stam – has a special ...

JTA — When Liron Lavi Turkenich designed a writing system combining Hebrew and Arabic characters as a final project in college, she probably could not have imagined that her script would become the ...

Aravit sculpture at 2020 World Expo in DubaiAFP via Getty Images When Liron Lavi Turkenich designed a writing system combining Hebrew and Arabic characters as a final project in college, she probably ...