The twelve tribes of israel: Did you mean...?

The Torah, also known as the Pentateuch (from the Greek for “five books”), is the first collection of texts in the Hebrew Bible. It deals with the origins of not only the Israelites but also the entire world. Though traditionally the Hebrew...

The Ark of the Covenant refers to the box-like container that held the tablets of the Law received by Moses on Mount Sinai. Tradition claimed that it contained two stone tablets, carved by God, listing the first ten commandments given to...

The Book of Genesis is the first book of the Jewish scriptures and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. Genesis takes its name from the opening line in Hebrew – beresit, ("in the beginning") – later translated into Greek as genesis ("origin"...

Palestine in the ancient world was part of the region known as Canaan where the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah were located. The term `Palestine' was originally a designation of an area of land in southern Canaan which the people known as the...

A map showing the Illyrian tribes prior to Roman conquest, including Phrygian tribes, Venetic tribes, independent tribes, and those under Celtic influence.

Jezebel (d. c. 842 BCE) was the Phoenician Princess of Sidon who married Ahab, King of Israel (r. c. 871 - c. 852 BCE) according to the biblical books of I and II Kings, where she is portrayed unfavorably as a conniving harlot who corrupts...

Wahunsenacah, also known as Chief Powhatan (l. c. 1547 - c. 1618) was the head of the Powhatan Confederacy of Native Americans who inhabited the region of the modern-day State of Virginia, USA, which they knew by the name of Tsenacommacah...

This object is a pottery model shrine. It was excavated from Rehov and dates to the Iron Age II (9th Century BCE). It has a height of 40 cm (14.7 in) and a width of 30 cm (11.8 in). (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem) The Israel Museum, Jerusalem...

A map showing the major tribes in Thrace and the surrounding regions.

Representatives of the Five Civilized Tribes: (clockwise from upper left) Sequoyah of the Cherokee, Pushmataha of the Choctaw, Selecta of the Muscogee Creek, Osceola of the Seminole, and a typical Chickasaw warrior. Image and description...