The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

It was in the 8th century BCE that the first administrative inscriptions appeared, attesting to the existence of a bureaucratic system—particularly in Israel under the reign of Jeroboam II (ca ...

Archaeologists in Caesarea, an ancient port city located on the Mediterranean coast of modern-day Israel, have discovered a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus depicting a drinking contest between ...

Ancient Israelites were more worldly than their insular Judean cousins, study shows Using statistical methods from field of ecological biodiversity, Israeli scholars analyze 1,000 First Temple ...

A new archaeological dig at the ancient site of Sebastia in the West Bank was inaugurated on Monday in the presence of several government officials. Sebastia – known in Hebrew by its biblical ...

It seems plausible that the beginning of the settlement of the children of Israel in the eastern Nile Delta—dated to approximately 1885 BCE—falls within the reign of Senusret II (1897–1878 BCE).

A 3½-year-old in Israel recently made an important archaeological discovery. The child, Ziv Nitzan, was hiking with her family last month on a dirt trail about 25 miles outside Jerusalem when a ...

A toddler picked up a rock on a family trip. It was a 3,800-year-old artifact. The 3-year-old discovered a scarab amulet dating to the Middle Bronze era during an outing in central Israel, the ...

The find is one of many ancient artifacts uncovered in Israel at the end of 2024. Earlier in December, an unusual oil lamp with 1,700-year-old soot marks was found near the Mount of Olives in ...

A rare collection of ancient coins was discovered last week by Israeli researchers, who called the find an "archaeological Hanukkah miracle." The coins are more than 2,000 years old and believed ...

Following Israel’s first citywide evacuation order for the Lebanese city of Baalbek last month, thousands fled for shelter to the Ancient Roman temples and archaeological remains near the city.