When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BCE, he signaled the beginning of the era of Ptolemaic rule. His general ...

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On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...

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ELOHIM: Translated as God (a plural noun, for more than one, almost always used with singular verbs, the dual form Eloah is used in Job); Elohim is the royal I; and is very often used in the Quran. It ...

The Times Opinion columnist discusses religion and belief — at this moment in our politics and in our lives more generally.