"The fifth plague of pestilence upon animals like cows was directed at one of the most powerful gods of Egypt: Apis, the bull god of strength and victory in war. "The sixth plague, the plague of ...

In an instance of form following content, Joseph Mallord William Turner’s “The Fifth Plague of Egypt” was recently exiled from its home at the Indianapolis Museum of Art for the exhibit “J ...

The Hebrew Bible does not number the plagues of Egypt, but the number ten has been canonized in Jewish and Christian tradition, and a list of the ten plagues appears in the Jewish Passover ...

"Thus says the Lord, 'By this you shall know that I am the Lord: behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall turn into blood. The fish in ...

Many reports from antiquity about outbreaks of plague mention Egypt as the source of pestilences that reached the Mediterranean. But was this really the case? Researchers from the University of ...

The discovery provides molecular evidence for the presence of plague in ancient Egypt, as researchers have confirmed that Yersinia pestis existed at least at one point in the region. The finding ...