Archeology and History

Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an ancient Greek temple dedicated to Egyptian cat goddess Bastet in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, the antiquities department said Tuesday.

Huge granite statues of a pharaoh and other kings have been found in Sudan, a discovery that has shocked archaeologists at how far south the expansive Kushite empire extended, the dig directors said on Monday.

A breakthrough in the research of the Hebrew Scriptures has shed new light on the period in which the Bible books of the Prophets were written.

The remains of a dwelling from the last days of the Second Temple have been uncovered in the heart of the city of Nazareth.

Restoration work will begin on the tomb of Egypt's most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamen, Egypt's antiquities department said on Tuesday.

Remnants of a Minoan fresco – the first of its kind ever discovered by archaeologists in Israel – were found at the Tel Kabri excavations this past excavation season. Minoan frescoes, or wall paintings, are typified by a blue background.

A treasure trove of some 350 rare pieces of marble, hoarded beneath an ancient cellar floor, have been uncovered during an excavation conducted approximately 100 meters north of the Old City wall of the coastal city of Akko.

She had a stocky, ape-like form and a protruding jaw, with huge hands and a stooping gait. Beautiful she was not.

An Egyptian paper claims that archaeologists have discovered ancient Egyptian coins bearing the name and image of the Biblical Joseph.

Archeologists have uncovered a street that was a central thoroughfare for pilgrims who 2,000 years ago walked from the Shiloach Pool to the Second Temple, approximately 550 meters (1,800 feet) to the north. The street was previously known to archeologists.