Archaeologists have revisited an ancient biblical city that has transfixed researchers for centuries - revealing a horrific period of violence enacted by its leaders. Researchers used cutting edge ...

JERUSALEM — The Israel Antiquities Authority, the Israel National Parks Authority and the City of David Foundation announced days before the new year that the Pool of Siloam, a biblical site cherished ...

In the field of archaeology these days, it is fashionable to take what is called a “minimalist” view as regards the relationship of the Bible, and “traditional” interpretations thereof, to ...

Researchers have discovered evidence that an ancient city in the Jordan Valley could have been destroyed when a meteor or space rock exploded above it around 3,600 years ago. Tall el-Hammam is ...

(RNS) — The remains of a city’s fiery demise near the Dead Sea have archaeologists at odds. (RNS) — What everyone agrees on is that something unusual happened at Tall el-Hammam, an ancient settlement ...

Petra: Lost City of Stone is the most comprehensive exhibition ever presented on the ancient, Middle Eastern city of Petra and its creators - the Nabataeans. And it's coming to Grand Rapids. The ...

As the inhabitants of an ancient Middle Eastern city now called Tall el-Hammam went about their daily business one day about 3,600 years ago, they had no idea an unseen icy space rock was speeding ...

Archaeologists debate over the location of the biblical city of Bethsaida. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The biblical city ...

In the Middle Bronze Age (about 3600 years ago or roughly 1650 BCE), the city of Tall el-Hammam was ascendant. Located on high ground in the southern Jordan Valley, northeast of the Dead Sea, the ...

In 1846—before archaeology even existed as a field—an Assyrian obelisk was discovered in what is today northern Iraq. It referred to Jehu, a ninth-century BC Hebrew king. For the first time, an ...