Uncovering a 2,000-year-old stone vessel workshop that once served pilgrims, Israeli authorities caught antiquity thieves red-handed in Jerusalem cave.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prof. Gabriel (Gabi) Barkay (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST) Israeli archaeologist Prof. Gabriel Barkay, who ...

The Israel Antiquities Authority has launched a new database holding over three million historically significant records. The Israel Antiquities Authority launched the Israel National Archaeological ...

The Israel Antiquities Authority has unveiled a new exhibition, Rising from the Ashes, shedding light on the extraordinary role played by archaeologists during the Israel-Hamas War and the aftermath ...

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 ...

The looters had plans to plunder an ancient cave workshop from the Second Temple Period on Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus.

Archaeologists in the City of David National Park in Israel have discovered a rare stone seal from the first temple period – one of the oldest finds since the start of excavations in the country, ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Installing an elevator doesn't normally involve a 2,000-year plunge into an ancient city's history. But in Jerusalem, even seemingly simple construction projects can lead to ...

JERUSALEM -- Underneath the homes and ragged streets of the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan lie the remnants of a Jewish past: coins, seals, a water tunnel hewn by a Judean king 2,700 years ago, a ...

Israel “deliberately” targeted at least 188 archaeological and historical sites in Gaza, the Palestinian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Hani Hayek alleged on November 25. Earlier this year, the ...