Archaeologists from Heidelberg University have made a discovery in Iraq, unearthing fragments of a monumental bas-relief ...

Aaron Koller will become the first Jew to join the university’s department of Middle Eastern Studies as the Regius Professor ...

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 ...

King Djoser of Egypt ordered his chief architect, Imhotep, to design a tomb like no other - The Step Pyramid of Djoser.

Located in the northern Sinai Desert, the site is shedding new light on defensive structures built to protect Egypt's eastern borders ...

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

Alongside the fort, the mission uncovered housing units, the eastern gates of the two known forts, a limestone road, and ...

An Egyptian sarcophagus shows the sky goddess Nut as being covered in stars and having a dark, undulating curve running ...

The holiday commemorates the Exodus, the biblical account of how the Hebrew people were freed from slavery in Egypt under Moses' leadership. The Hebrew word Pesach — or Passover — means “to ...

The small African Hebrew Israelite community in Israel’s Negev Desert last month celebrated a major milestone in its struggle ...

A recent study on ancient Egyptian imagery suggests rare drawings of the sky goddess Nut represent the earliest visualization ...