Colorful decorations in Roman-era synagogue record transition from study hall to public 'mini-Temple' prayer hall

Hidden corners of the neighborhood reveal its storied past, with monuments to fallen Israeli soldiers and relics dating back to the ancient Greeks and Byzantines

Why an intransigent Netanyahu is bad for Israel * How climate change will fan the flames in Israel * Beloved and loathed PM Golda Meir * Photographer shoots a rainbow of Jews

Items from new find, including crocodile and bird mummies, displayed at makeshift exhibition at Step Pyramid of Djoser

Its location in a traditionally documented Jewish quarter outside a Middle Ages fort and its unusual architecture leads archaeologist to believe building is a unique synagogue

Teeth show interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals, and how these early humans disappeared, Tel Aviv University researcher says

A 1,500-year-old Christian site in the heart of ultra-Orthodox Ramat Beit Shemesh takes The Times of Israel down a rabbit hole to meet St. Thecla, a feisty 2nd-century preacher

Volunteers at excavations at Western Galilee's Usha uncover previously unknown blacksmith industry, an addition to impressive glassworks found at the site

Researchers use DNA samples combined with geographic distribution, archaeological and climate change data to come up with a genomic timeline

Findings in Greece could rewrite accepted narrative of how early humans reached Europe; study's authors raise possibility that pre-sapien hominins used boats