Palestinians across the Middle East are commemorating the anniversary of the “Nakba” -- Arabic for “the Catastrophe” -- when ...

This is the first time that major deities have been found depicted on a relief from an ancient Assyrian palace.

Last year, a million Palestinians fled to Rafah, the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip, to escape the brunt of Israel’s ...

Three-year-old Ziv Nitzan from Israel has discovered a Canaanite amulet near Tel Azekah, an ancient site linked to biblical ...

A set of rare and intricately carved figurines — including miniature heads of African figures fashioned from black wood and bone — have been discovered in 1,500-year-old Christian graves of women and ...

The findings, published in the journal Antiquity, provide the first conclusive chemical evidence that tin from Cornwall and ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas on Monday released an Israeli-American soldier who had been held hostage in Gaza for ...

A new study has uncovered hidden social patterns in ancient Hebrew kingdoms by analyzing personal names from archaeological ...

Jewish tradition teaches that in the time of the Messiah, bodies buried outside of Israel will make their way to the Holy ...

Pharaoh’s Animal Kingdom, a new exhibition for children at the Israel Museum, explores the relationship between animals and ...

Since the overthrow of Islamist Mohamed Morsi in 2012, Egypt’s secular government has been fighting to keep that beast away from power in the ancient ... Jerusalem. As Israel seeks to destroy ...

A pair of chert points found alongside human skeletons in a cave in Belize may represent the first known tattooing needles ever discovered from a site linked to the ancient Maya civilization.