First organized excavation at ruins of Hyrcania sheds light on King Herod's forbidding fortress, where a small 5th-century monastic community waited out the region's regime changes

Well-preserved artifact is found alongside remains, likely of a young woman accompanying a high Hellenic army official on tour of the Holy Land

Cache of objects found in 1996 near Eilat receives new scrutiny; researchers posit they were used for spells of protection during arduous pilgrimage from Cairo to Mecca and Medina

Six years into wide-scale Judean Desert cave survey operation, few Dead Sea Scrolls fragments are found. But the Land of Israel's historical picture is ever more in focus, says IAA

Quest to use multispectral imaging on an ancient inscription on stalactite in remote cave near Ein Gedi has surprising side effect: the discovery of four Roman soldiers' swords

Channels unearthed in Jerusalem's City of David site last in use around 9th century BCE, likely formed part of city's economy due to location near temple and palace

Antiquities Authority says newly discovered ruins are the longest portion found so far of the Upper-Level Aqueduct, which brought water to the ancient city's ruling elites

The size of an Olympic swimming pool, with vaulted ceilings that raise the topographical height of Tel Shimron by 5 meters, the delicate mud brick structure was likely barely used

Megiddo Mosaic could be loaned to Museum of the Bible in Washington; some worry it will be used in ideological, rather than archaeological, context

Alongside 5,500-year-old entrance to fortified city at Tel Erani, near Kiryat Gat, archaeologists find evidence of social stratified city-dwelling in Israel