Syria's Interior Ministry says the sleeper cell behind a deadly church explosion near Damascus belonged to the Islamic State ...

Based on the presence of the cross and the pottery and glass pieces that were found, this tomb dates back to the Byzantine era.” ...

A contractor in northern Syria stumbled upon the remains of an underground Byzantine tomb complex believed to be more than 1,500 years old while digging in a residential neighborhood ...

Take a journey through time with this breathtaking drone footage of some of the world’s oldest cities—Jerusalem, Athens, ...

A contractor digging into the earth where the rubble of a destroyed house had been cleared away in northern Syria stumbled across a surprise: the remains of an underground Byzantine tomb complex ...

A new study argues that ancient rattles unearthed in Syria aren’t musical instruments, but toys used to entertain infants. “Today, we use screens, back then it was rattles.” ...

Archaeologists in Rome uncovered a colossal ancient marble head near Trajan’s Forum, possibly depicting Emperor Trajan or the ...

In a moving ceremony at the National Library in Jerusalem, the public was granted a rare glimpse of the ancient “Damascus Crowns” — Torah manuscripts smuggled from Syria in a daring ...

The Assad family's 54-year rule of Syria came to an abrupt end Sunday when President Bashar al-Assad fled Damascus as rebels approached. Led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the ...

During excavations at the site of a destroyed house in northern Syria, a worker came across an unexpected find: the remains of an ...

Biblical-themed exhibit inaugurated at Roman site under Damascus Gate in Jerusalem A 2nd-century gate in the Old City’s Muslim Quarter offers a glimpse into the capital’s multilayered history ...