When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object's owner authorized ...

One of the Mamluk-era tunnels carved into tufa rock at Nahal 'Amal, revealing the sophisticated hydraulic engineering that powered medieval sugar production. (Azriel Yechezkel / A. Frumkin et al., ...

The seal is thought to be from the same time period when Assyria conquered Judah and made it a vassal state required to pay ...

Archaeologists recently discovered a massive 2,000-year-old stone basin in ancient Gabii, Italy, revealing early Roman public architecture from Rome's powerful rival city.

The U.S.'s special envoy for Syria has called Lebanon “a failed state,” highlighting frustration with Beirut’s “paralyzed ...

For the past half century, Egyptologists saw the rapid abandonment of Akhetaten as a sign of plague. Now that theory is being challenged.

The Greek word for Palestine, Palaistinē (Παλαιστίνη), is derived from the Hebrew phrase ʾEretz Yisrael (אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל), ...

Iraqi officials are sounding the alarm to save monuments of the cradle of civilization, with thousands of years of history at ...

Dive into the exciting discovery of three ancient shipwrecks in Israel's Tantura Lagoon. Uncover Iron Age cargo that reveals ...

A 2700-year-old Assyrian seal discovered in Jerusalem has revealed a hidden message that’s rewriting what we know about ...

The land bridge, now submerged in the Aegean Sea, may have been a crucial migration route for both Homo sapiens and ...