Researchers are using chemical and mineral analysis to trace the origins of ancient pottery in Israel, building a national ...

Iron Age cargoes from Dor reveal how ancient Mediterranean trade evolved alongside shifting empires and political power. New ...

A gang of four antiquities robbers was caught red-handed on Sunday afternoon while digging inside an ancient Roman-period ...

I have always been fascinated by the idea of walking through history, imagining the lives of people who lived thousands of ...

One of Israel’s leading archaeologists, he found evidence that the writing of the Old Testament likely began much earlier ...

The project, launched by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), aims to trace the origin of thousands of ceramic vessels ...

The refusal to accept Jewish roots in the land does more than distort the past. It radicalizes the present. If Jews are ...

Israeli archaeologist Prof. Gabriel Barkay, who co-founded the Temple Mount Sifting Project and made key discoveries in ...

The history of the planet and the civilizations that have lived on it are among life’s greatest mysteries.People have roamed ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Archaeologists discovered a portion of Jerusalem’s “First Wall” tucked inside a historic complex near the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum. Historical ...

The existential question of which countries are the oldest has long intrigued historians, and for good reason. However, defining what makes a country "old" is challenging, as it depends on historical ...

Relief of Osiris from the Temple of Seti I, Abydos, Egypt. According to Egyptian mythology, Egypt’s first king Osiris sailed around the world spreading knowledge, exactly like the Feathered Serpent ...