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An aerial picture taken on February 13, 2022, shows the Great Ziggurat of Ur in Iraq's southern province of Dhi Qar near the city of Nasiriyah. (Asaad NIAZI / AFP)
October 30, 2025, 12:01 pm
Major archaeological sites in Iraq at risk of erosion due to climate change
Dry weather is increasing salinity in soil and damaging ruins of cities such as Ur, birthplace of Biblical patriarch Abraham, and ancient capital Babylon, warn archaeologists
By Mohammed Atti and Ahmed Saeed
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon visit at a restaurant in Jerusalem on March 7, 2021. Photo by a Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90
March 7, 2021, 2:29 pm
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By ToI Staff
Pope Francis, surrounded by shells of destroyed churches, attends a prayer for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square, in Mosul, Iraq, March 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
March 7, 2021, 11:48 am
Amid Mosul church ruins, Pope laments ‘barbarous blow’ of extremism in Iraq
At site of four churches demolished by Islamic State, Francis calls for peace in the ‘cradle of civilization’
By Nicole Winfield and SAMYA KULLAB
An aerial photo shows the archaeological site of Ur amid preparations for Pope Francis's visit near Nasiriyah, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021 (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani)
March 6, 2021, 5:12 pm
In ancient Ur, birthplace of Abraham, pope urges peace among monotheistic faiths
Sacred city in cradle of civilization served region’s peoples for thousands of years, but has gone largely unexplored; some experts believe its treasures could rival Egypt’s Giza
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, December 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
December 7, 2020, 4:07 pm
Pope plans pilgrimage visit to Iraq area of Abraham’s birthplace
Vatican says that if pandemic permits, Francis will travel in March to the ‘plains of Ur,’ where biblical patriarch is said to have been born
By Frances D'Emilio
Moses would get cut out of the AP World History curriculum if the College Board follows through on a proposed change. (Providence Lithograph Company/Flickr)
June 26, 2018, 6:25 am
Abraham, Moses, David and Solomon might get cut from US college history course
Proposed changes would start AP World History curriculum from year 1450 and not the dawn of civilization
By Charles Dunst
Yoseif Bloch
January 24, 2018, 3:15 pm
Yoseif Bloch
How VP Mike Pence reinvents leadership
Those who represent unshakable morality have recast Donald Trump, and everyone should be shocked by that
Diana Lipton
November 14, 2016, 1:09 pm
Diana Lipton
Abraham and other migrating souls
Loving economic migrants, political refugees, even wandering mystics, and learning from their tension-filled travels
A photograph of Beersheba in the 1950s. (The Encyclopedia of Israel in Pictures/Wikimedia)
August 25, 2016, 10:38 pm
Beersheba, where Abraham and Isaac dug wells? The UN says it’s ‘Ber asaabeaa’
World body calls southern Israeli city by its Arabic name in letter demanding release of UN worker accused of aiding Hamas
By ToI Staff
In this photo taken Friday, April 22, 2016, Rabbinical student Armin Langer poses for a portrait photo in Berlin, Germany.(AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
May 3, 2016, 5:00 pm
German Jews tussle over whether to welcome or fear Muslim migrants
As debate rages, student says college wrong to boot him for criticizing community leader’s call for immigration cap
By Kristen Grieshaber
Ancient bronze model bull-driven cart (Photo credit: courtesy of the Jerusalem Bible Lands Museum)
May 9, 2015, 9:41 am
How did Abraham get from Mesapotamia to the Promised Land?
Solutions to this and other ancient mysteries abound at Jerusalem’s Bible Lands Museum
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Illustrative photo of a ritual circumcision (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 2, 2014, 2:13 am
America’s top mohels share secrets and stories
From doctors to Torah scholars, these men — and woman — are bound through their dedication in bringing Jews to the covenant
By Uriel Heilman
The owners of the Abraham Hostel in Jerusalem (photo credit: Courtesy)
November 6, 2013, 11:09 pm
A downtown Jerusalem hostel seeks out broader Middle East
The award-winning Abraham Hostel offers a free night to travelers arriving from Syria or Lebanon
By Elhanan Miller
Excavation in progress at Tell Khaiber, Iraq, March 31, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Stuart Campbell)
April 5, 2013, 12:36 am
Ancient site unearthed in Ur, biblical home of Abraham
International team in Iraq discover extensive, 4,000-year-old administrative complex
By Sinan Salaheddin
A donkey wanders along Patriarch's Way (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
November 24, 2012, 5:17 am
Gush Etzion, land of nine lives
Settled, destroyed, and resettled, the Etzion Bloc is an irrepressible wellspring of natural, ancient, and historic wonder, divided by a road where the Patriarchs once walked. But did King Herod ever ride the Zip-line?
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
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