A recent study explores Phoenician ritual bathing traditions in Israel, showing how water rituals played a central role in ...

A high-school student participating in an archaeological dig at the ancient site of Usha in Israel happened upon an exceptional, 1,500-year-old artifact. Seventeen-year-old Aviv Weizman was ...

Last month, scientists unearthed a lavish 1,200-year-old estate in Israel's desert south, just two months after a rare ancient mosque was unearthed in the same region. Also in August ...

this last site also recently conserved by the Israel Antiquities Authority. These sites offered the ancient travelers a place for a rest and for prayer, and for recovering their energy.

The topography of the land of Israel has interested people for thousands of years – from the high hills of the Galilee in the north to the lowest place on ... An ancient collection that was ...

A trip into Israel’s nature can connect a person to ancient aspects of the holiday ... their fluffy coats seemed somehow out of place in the desert terrain. Tall, white squill flowers grew ...

An ancient treasure ... be found in one place — the equivalent to two months’ wages — which along with the scarce purple cloth suggests the items may have belonged to a high-ranking official.

ASHKELON, Israel (AP) — The tombs, located a few hundred meters from the beach, were likely the burial place for aristocratic ... with pigments that mimic the ancient paint.