Author Prof. Eric Cline digs up dirt on colorful cast of 1920s-1930s characters who searched for lost city of Solomon at Megiddo during field of archaeology's growing pains

In new study, scientists from Germany's Max Planck Institute find latrines a valuable source of historical data, which they hope will aid understanding of today's diseases

Scientific study of early copper smelting shows necessity was not the mother of invention, but rather human intellectual curiosity and the desire to show off

Kibbutz Hannaton in the Jezreel Valley raised hundreds of thousands of shekels needed to move 57-ton Roman-era mikveh discovered during highway construction

The mysterious tale of 3rd century rabbi Yehoshua Ben Levi is recounted in a new book from illustrator Avi Katz, with help from an American poet and a rogue dig in the Galilee

Comparison of 350 years of Iron Age storage jars finds that despite changing vessel shapes, the rims maintain diameter of a man's hand -- the source of the elusive 'tefah' measure

Free historical sites nationwide, open to the public at all hours, feature Roman-era marble artifacts, ancient sarcophagi, farming implements, Crusader ruins and more

Prof. David Ben-Shlomo speaks about new ceramics study, history of Judaism's second holiest site where Abraham buried Sarah, and findings from his recent excavations at Tel Hebron

Joint Israel-US team at Tel Kabri site in Galilee region propose why thriving complex with well-stocked cellar was abandoned 3,700 years ago despite no sign of war or pandemic

An unprecedented Tel Aviv University study combines human handwriting know-how with cutting-edge computer science to analyze literacy of Judahites in 7th century BCE Arad