During a visit to the Ramon Crater in the Negev Desert in Israel during a show-and-tell trip, an 8-year-old boy found a 1,700-year-old Roman relic on the surface.

Few places on Earth carry as much weight of history as Israel. Its soil has been turned over for millennia – by armies, pilgrims, shepherds, and, more recently, by archaeologists. Since the modern ...

Years ago, when I was a young archaeologist, I worked as the Israel Antiquities Authority’s supervisor for the development ...

After descending a set of ancient stairs from the surface, archaeologists found themselves standing at the hewn opening of ...

SHOHAM, Israel — Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at a cave in Israel, where the well-preserved remains of early humans dating back about 100,000 ...

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an ancient religious practice in northern Israel in addition to a wine press dating back roughly 5,000 years — one of the oldest ever uncovered in the ...

Israeli authorities are issuing Palestinians demolition orders in East Jerusalem at an accelerated rate since Israel launched ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Aid workers frantically rescued thousands of archaeological artifacts from a Gaza warehouse just hours before a ...