Using this technology, the Aramaic lettering on the ostracon was ... such as “Gerim” or “Geris” which are names found in ancient texts from the same era. The second part of the text ...

Church bells echoed across the rocky slopes of this ancient Syrian town on a cold Sunday ... world's few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have ...

MAALOULA, Syria (AP) — Church bells echoed across the rocky slopes of this ancient Syrian town on a ... where residents still use a dialect of Aramaic — the language Jesus is believed to ...

Aramaic is a Semitic language with roots dating back over 3,000 years. It was the lingua franca of the ancient Near East, spoken by empires such as the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians. It is also ...