An ancient Christian mosaic bearing an early reference to Jesus as God is at the center of a controversy that has riled archaeologists: Should the centuries-old decorated floor, which is near what's ...

We all know what is said to be the oldest profession in the world, but there is probably one preceding it—the military profession, as the use of violence to resolve conflicts has existed since ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The discovery of ancient artifacts often excites historians, but a recent find in Israel has Christians intrigued: a nearly ...

A forgotten discovery for almost a century might shed new light on the ancient history of the Near East. A team of researchers from the University of Haifa analyzed a silver treasure found during ...

Soar over Megiddo National Park in the Jezreel Valley, Israel, a UNESCO World Heritage site and the archaeological mound known biblically as Armageddon. The drone captures the layered ruins of more ...

Tel Megiddo and the Valley of Jezreel, Israel. Photographed ca. 1990. Finding places mentioned in the Bible is not always easy; disputed claims can rage for decades over the proposed identification of ...

The offensive, known to the Turks as the “Breakthrough at Nablus,” involved three main sections. First, to the east on September 18, the Arab Army attacked the enemy’s lines of communication, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the oldest winemaking presses in the world, discovered in an excavation (photo credit: Yakov Shmidov, Israel Antiquities ...