The legendary King Balak from the Book of Numbers may have been a real historical figure, according to a new reading of the Mesha Stele, the longest extra-biblical inscription in existence. The Mesha ...

The biblical King Balak may have been a historical figure, according to a new reading of the Mesha Stele, an inscribed stone dating from the second half of the 9th century BCE. A name in Line 31 of ...

The Stele, discovered in 1868 near the Dead Sea, now sits in the Louvre in Paris The Stele, discovered in 1868 near the Dead Sea, now sits in the Louvre in Paris Although the Mesha Stele was ...

AMMAN — The ancient town of Nebo is first mentioned in the 9th century BC, in the monumental Mesha Stele. Lines 14-18 suggest that the Ancient Israelites occupied Nebo during the early Iron IIB Period ...