Ancient Palestine was occupied by several different nations throughout its history. What do we know about them?

As Jacob, the rivalrous sisters and their clan return to the promised land of Canaan, Rachel makes ... the sisters bore the famed twelve tribes of Israel, from whom will descend Moses, Joshua ...

Robert Wallis Israel Finkelstein has ... crossed into the promised land of Canaan. This, Zertal says, is where Joshua allotted the new land among the 12 tribes, and where the Israelites “became ...

Early Christian historians and Byzantine monks helped establish this site as the biblical mountain through maps and ... erected twelve pillars to represent the twelve tribes of Israel.

A new study claims the Israelites were not indigenous to Canaan but descended from the ancient European Steppes.

Israel’s military operation in Gaza is cramming civilians into severely deprived areas, these five maps show how uninhabitable the region has become.

The animated map below shows how Israel’s military has expanded its forced displacement orders since breaking the ceasefire on March 18. On Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Gaza ...

Israel restarts archaeological excavations at Sebastia after 12-year hiatus. (photo credit: Uzi Greenfeld) Excavation and conservation work has begun at the ancient site of Sebastia in the West ...

The 12 tribes of Israel, once united, became fractured into the kingdoms of Judah and Israel. Civil war, rivalries and betrayal made them ripe for invasion and conquest. The destruction of the ...

About 12% of discharged soldiers showed “significant ... The data, Bar-Haim said, “contributes to the understanding that Israel is facing a mental health emergency.” ...