Archeology and History

Thwarting the claim that humans originating in Africa

It's a case of history repeating itself – at least partially. Archaeologists who have been helping to prepare an area in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City for construction of a mikveh (ritual bath) were stunned to discover that the exact same spot had been used for bathing purposes thousands of years ago.

Discovered artifact dates back to Ramses III

Remains of a 3,400-year-old wall unearthed in Giza

“The attempt to detach the Nation of Israel from its heritage is absurd,” a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office asserts, in response to the UNESCO decision to recognize Rachel’s Tomb as a mosque and criticize Israel's inclusion of the Machpelah Cave as a "national heritage site."

Antiquities chief Zahi Hawass says the discovery could indicate a larger necropolis near the Giza plateau where the 3 famed pyramids are located.

Four foot tall statue portrays pharaoh Amenhotep III wearing the double crown of Egypt disovered in southern city of Luxor.

Ten years after an Arab mob destroyed and defiled it, the huge stone covering Joseph's Tomb in Shechem (Nablus) was restored in an Israeli engineering operation that began Saturday night and ended Sunday morning.

Regards from 1,500 years ago: A third Samaritan synagogue in the Beit She’an area, south of the Kinneret Sea (Sea of Galilee), has been uncovered by archaeologists of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Archaeologists working in Tel Kedesh in northern Israel have uncovered an extremely rare 2,200-year-old gold coin, minted in Alexandria by King Ptolemy V.