Results from sifting 1,600-year-old garbage during a first excavation season at Nahal Omer suggest luxury goods from East were in high demand in the 8th century CE, researchers say

Israel Antiquities Authority seeks to deploy remote sensing as a standard tool in the archaeologist's toolbox to discover ancient treasures

Uncovered tunnel, located more than 13 meters underground, has been described by Egyptian authorities as a 'geometric miracle'

Analysis of charcoal from Tel Tsaf dig reveals olive and fig tree wood, which don't grow naturally in area, indicating first examples of orchards by an advanced, wealthy society

Scraps from 1,000 BCE uncovered at Timna, point to early Edomite kingdom described in Bible; millennia-lasting dye comes from glands of murex sea snails on Mediterranean shores

3rd century border stone discovered in secondary use under a previously unknown 14th century Mamluk roadside inn

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

'I saw something sparkling, so I just picked it up,' says 10-year-old Shira Sofer, one of hundreds of children taking part in regional archaeology program in central Israel