Born into the noble House of Ibelin in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Balian was a minor noble with a significant future. His ...

The first Assyrian inscription discovered in Jerusalem reveals ancient biblical-era correspondence between Assyrian empire ...

This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Sign up here to get Haaretz’s free Daily Brief newsletter delivered to your inbox. Israeli archaeologists are ...

Researchers have unearthed a Crusader-era altar in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher in a serendipitous discovery that sounds straight out of an Indiana Jones plot. The find, announced by the ...

Prof. Yossi Garfinkel speaks with journalist during a tour at the archaeological site of Khirbet Qeiyafa near Beit Shemesh, Israel, August 29, 2016. According to a study by researchers at the Hebrew ...

'Atiqot / עתיקות, כרך‎ 112, Hoard Typology, Function and Purpose in Ancient Societies (2023), pp. 225-250 (26 pages) Hoards of the Fatimid period have been used by scholars to illustrate a variety of ...

Analysis of 1,500 artifacts shows imports from Nubia between 1600-600 BCE, a trade network that endured from Canaanite times ...

900 years ago, the Christian West launched into an unparalleled adventure: the Crusades. They were to last for two centuries and permanently upset the relationship between the Christian West and the ...

Every now and then we get some amazing archeological news from Israel. Remember a tomb with a Jew? Or how about the claim that the Dead Sea Scrolls never existed? Or this ancient tablet? Or Google ...