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

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

Justice officials need to authorize the project, which would extend opening hours for religiously observant visitors at two natural springs in August

Rains forecast to break extreme heatwave that hit region in recent days, sparking hundreds of fires and leaving thousands without power;

Front will move ashore Monday, dumping rain in north before spreading across country, sparking flash flood warnings; snow possible in high-elevation areas as mercury plummets

Woman fell some 10 meters near Mar Saba Monastery; police and rescue forces arrived at the scene but were unable to save her

Officials say discovery at Qumran may be the first complete vessel from the period found in region's caves

Amendment to Wildlife Act, introduced by Meretz's Mossi Raz and passed in preliminary Knesset reading, seeks to protect vultures, other animals from poisoning by farmers

Nature and Parks Authority says two dead dogs also discovered; one of the birds had been fitted with a radio transmitter; all corpses to be examined

Nature and Parks Authority suspects malicious poisoning after corpses located next to dead goat in Judean Desert