Authorities in Israel seized hundreds of ancient coins dating to the Hellenistic world, shaped by Alexander the Great.

Iron Age cargoes from Dor reveal how ancient Mediterranean trade evolved alongside shifting empires and political power. New findings from researchers at the University of California San Diego and the ...

Newly founded Arab states like Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, and others, rejected any Jewish sovereignty in the ancient Jewish homeland and launched war after war. The Arab leadership also created what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. THIS SEAL, dated to the First Temple period, features Hebrew writing that reads: ‘Natan-melech the king’s servant,’ which is a ...

The project, launched by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), aims to trace the origin of thousands of ceramic vessels even when the kilns where they were fired have long vanished.

Sept. 2 (UPI) --A large Samaritan estate has been unearthed by archaeologists in Israel, uncovering a wealth of treasures including mosaics, baths and an ancient oil press. The dig is in Kafr Qasim, ...

An ancient historical site stretching to the time of the Bible is at the center of a new battle for land in the occupied West Bank. Israel is seizing the area to turn it into a tourist site aimed at ...

A 1,600-year-old estate connected to the ancient Samaritans – a group depicted in the Bible – has been uncovered in Israel. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced the discovery in a Facebook ...

It’s so often said that it’s become a cliché in modern politics: Israel has been the Jewish homeland for 3,000 years or more. Modern Israel, they say, is heir to the ancient kingdom of David and ...