The Church of the Apostles was long-rumored to have been built near the Sea of Galilee in Israel over the house where the apostles Peter and Andrew lived. A group of archaelogists says they’ve ...

A wall painting (fresco) of Tyche, the Greek goddess of fortune, was exposed during the 11th season of excavation at the Sussita site, on the east shore of the Sea of Galilee. Another female ...

A medieval building that may have been used as a synagogue has been uncovered at the site of Huqoq, a village near the Sea of Galilee in Israel. Constructed during the 12th to 13th centuries, the ...

Archaeologists have discovered a hoard of gold and silver coins by the remains of a centuries-old synagogue in Israel, near the Sea of Galilee. The hoard of 364 coins, which was unearthed at the ...

A 1,400-year-old Christian church unearthed near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel may be the legendary "Church of the Apostles" built above the traditional home of Peter and Andrew, two early ...

The first section of the new 80-mile Sea of Galilee Mountain Bike Trail opened last month in the Upper Galilee region in Israel. Stretching from Capernaum to the Arik Bridge, the first leg features ...

A fire that destroyed an ancient Holy Land church near the Sea of Galilee around 700 CE appears to have preserved the church’s beautiful mosaic floor, which includes depictions of baskets ...

A medieval building that may have been used as a synagogue has been uncovered at the site of Huqoq near the Sea of Galilee in Israel.

JERUSALEM (JTA) — More minor earthquakes shook northern Israel near the Sea of Galilee over the weekend. On Sunday morning, an earthquake measuring 3.1 on the Richter Scale rattled the area and ...