The idea of nations as neatly bordered spaces can be traced partly to medieval maps of biblical Israel. In A Nutshell ...

JERUSALEM — Fifty years ago, Israeli archaeologists discovered an ancient Hebrew inscription on a stalactite in a remote cave in the desert east of Jerusalem, where the land begins to slope down ...

Aerial view of Abel Bet Maacah looking south-east (courtesy of the Tel Abel Beth Maacah excavations. Photo: Robert Mullins). Archaeologists have uncovered a rare Tetrarchic boundary stone at the site ...

JEWISH MOMENTS IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL R. Shlomo Pereira. 1218 The Poet’s Pilgrimage: Yehudah al-Harizi’s Journey to the Land of Israel. In 1218, when the renowned Hebrew poet a ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a fascinating relic of ancient administrative practices during excavations at Abel Beth Maacah, ...

The discovery highlights previously unknown facts about the daily lives of ancient people. Scientists have deciphered a Roman boundary stone inscribed with Greek text which was recently discovered in ...

TEL AVIV — A company drilling for natural gas off the coast of northern Israel discovered a 3,300-year-old ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from land, the ...

Israel's Civil Administration announced its intention to expropriate large swaths of Sebastia, a major archaeological site in ...