AMMAN — The site of Khirbet Al Balua is situated on the northern edge of the central Moabite Plateau/ Karak Plateau at the mouth of Wadi Al Balua which eventually empties into Wadi Mujib. “The site ...

AMMAN — An inscription known as Mesha Stele or Mesha Inscription indicates that in the ancient town of Altaruz, located some 30 kilometres southwest of Madaba, Chemosh, the god of the Moabites, was ...

Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now and Friday Focus podcasts and heads up The Times of Israel's features. The earliest written use ...

We read in Dvarim (23:4) "’An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the congregation of Hashem to eternity, because they did not greet you with bread and with water on the road when you were leaving ...

Jericho’s latest dig seasons have delivered story-book material. Archaeologists from Sapienza University of Rome and the Palestinian Department of Antiquities report finding a potsherd inscribed in ...

A joint team from the department and La Sierra University in the United States uncovered the temple, which dates back to between 1200 BC and 539 BC, in Khirbat 'Ataruz, near the town of Mabada ...

The story of Ruth the Moabite also serves to illustrate that the principle of divine reward for good deeds is not confined to one people but applies to all nationalities. Naomi also received her ...