Scientists suggest that approximately 2,800 years ago, Jerusalem, specifically the City of David, may have been affected by a powerful earthquake. This event is described in the biblical Books of Amos ...

Scientists suggest that approximately 2,800 years ago, Jerusalem, specifically the City of David, may have been affected by a powerful earthquake. This event is described in the biblical Books of Amos ...

Archaeologists believe they’ve fully excavated eight rooms carved from stone, which were used for ritual practices during the eighth century B.C. Evidence shows that the use of the rooms was ...

“Forgery and tax fraud carried severe penalties under Roman law, including hard labor or even capital punishment,” Dolganov explained.

Explore the fascinating narrative of forgery and tax evasion in ancient Rome through the discovery of a remarkable Greek ...

A new discovery from the Roman empire outlines a juicy case of second-century crime. Containing an extraordinary 133 lines of ...

A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.

Archaeologists have unearthed a unique stone structure in East Jerusalem, providing evidence ... First Temple period (1200 to 586 B.C.) of ancient Israel, suggesting ritual and cultic practices ...

Myths, of the Da Vinci Code variety, abound that vessels from the ancient Jerusalem Temples are squirreled ... who directs Yeshiva University’s Center for Israel Studies and is the scholar ...

"What makes this excavation particularly interesting is that we can trace the continuous development of urban life in this ...

The authors of the article from the Center for Research on Ancient Jerusalem, led by archaeologist Eli Shukron, who directed the excavation on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority ...