For Jews accustomed to celebrating Hanukkah as a minority, this difference is striking. In much of the Diaspora, Hanukkah has ...

Israel is planning to expel residents of the ancient West Bank town of Sebastia to create a national park for settlers.

Archaeologists uncovered the longest continuous section of the Hasmonean Kingdom wall foundation in Jerusalem, built decades ...

"Archaeologists did not expect to find such well-preserved structures in such a harsh setting," geologist Yves Fouquet said.

The urgency went up a notch in Mount Vernon Thursday night, amidst concerns about whether the levees and dikes will be able ...

The discovery’s highlight was a 247-pound cannon from the Ming dynasty, but archaeologists also found remains of crops and ...

New findings at Kition Pampoula highlight Phoenician inscriptions and Archaic structures that broaden insight into early ...

Hundreds showed up for this year’s pilgrimage in late October, which began with a ceremony to honor those who died at the ...

The British northern frontier was the edge of the Roman world — and a place of violence, boredom and opportunity, experts told Live Science.

When the Berlin Wall went up overnight, National Geographic correspondents were on hand to document a city that became a ...