The suspects caused severe damage to the site, which is located in a protected antiquities area. A gang of four antiquities ...

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

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

Excavations inside Israel’s Cave of Horror uncovered Dead Sea Scroll fragments, the oldest known woven basket, and the ...

Beth Israel was also bombed in 1967 by the Ku Klux Klan. Artifacts that survived bombing were lost in the weekend fire.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. THE RITUAL purification bath (mikveh) from the Second Temple period. (photo credit: Ari Levy, Israel Antiquities Authority) The ...

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 ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000‑year‑old Jewish ritual bath beneath the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem that bears ash and destruction debris from the Roman conquest of the city in 70 C.E., ...

Sudan’s government said Tuesday it has recovered 570 antiquities stolen during the country’s nearly three-year war, a rare piece of good news in a conflict that has gutted institutions, uprooted ...

The cargo shipment of marble items had been known to the Israel Antiquities Authority for years, but because it was covered in sand, its exact location was unknown. The site in question contained ...

A week after an arson fire at Mississippi's oldest synagogue, Rachel Myers, a leader of the congregation's religious school, talks about how the congregation is doing and about this weekend's services ...

For 40 years, Christian Zionism was a powerful force in American politics. A new generation on the right is taking cues from elsewhere. By Jonathan Mahler When historians look back on President ...