Brothers from an upper-class family survived with serious illness for years, and one underwent the radical procedure of trephination more than 3,500 years ago, discovery reveals

With excavators in need of cutting-edge science and advanced lab equipment to study finds on a molecular level, academics say the partnership will benefit both institutions

Unlike prohibition on pork, ban on scaleless, finless fish - found twice in the Torah - was apparently not observed. New project looks at origins of Judaism as a religious practice

Archaeologists determine that 350,000-year-old cobble was used by hominids as they worked on soft materials at Mount Carmel site; exactly what they were producing remains a mystery

With discovery of ancient breakwater off coast of Haifa, archaeological record shows how Neolithic villages tried to protect their homes from melting glaciers

Scientific study of plaster used in cemetery near Ein Gev indicates community must have worked together to bury their deceased, shedding new light on ritual and mass production

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

So far, 'Burnt Church' site at ongoing Hippos-Sussita Excavations Project has revealed three texts -- all of which were misspelled and had grammar errors, say archaeologists

Discovered in a Moshav Ramot garden, once-indecipherable road marker near Sea of Galilee offers proof of the brief 3rd-century rule of Maximinus Thrax