In the Judean desert, a complex past is being unearthed into a complicated present. Correspondent Seth Doane journeys to Israel and the West Bank, talking with archaeologists, residents and government ...

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 ...

An archaeologist crouches in the dust of Jerusalem’s Old City, carefully brushing soil from a small, fragile object. This is a piece of jewelry that is more than 2,000 years old. In moments like these ...

Study of 3,000-year-old animal teeth from Tel Hazor in the Upper Galilee shows herds moved between warring Israel and Aram, ...

A new study testifies to how hominins at Gesher Benot Ya’akov took advantage of their environment to fuel fires, showing ...

Archaeologists in Israel unearthed prehistoric hand axes that Homo erectus crafted from stones including fossils and crystals ...