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

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 ...

Similar examples of ancient lion artifacts appear to have been used as door knockers. But the newly discovered discs may have ...

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 ...

Be’er-Sheva is the country’s fourth most populous metropolitan area and is both an ancient city and a new one. It was named in the Bible by Abraham, and in ancient times marked the southern border of ...

Despite the intricate work required, textiles have never really been considered in the realm of traditional art – but these young Asian artists are hoping to change that perspective.

Israel and Iran's most intense confrontation in history has fuelled fears of a drawn-out conflict that could engulf the Middle East. But online footage of red flares lighting up the night sky does ...

As a Canadian-born Olah Hadashah (new immigrant to Israel), I now live and create art in a place where ancient tradition and contemporary experimentation coexist, often uncomfortably.

Israel on Friday morning launched a wave of strikes at about 100 targets in Iran, including its nuclear facilities and military command centres under ‘Operation Rising Lion’.

The ancient Near East, a region extending from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea to present-day Afghanistan, was home to several of the world's oldest civilizations. Favored with an ...