Ancient Shivta in southern Israel was once part of a thriving group of desert cities on a trade route between the Mediterranean coast and the east of Arabia. Shivta was inhabited since before ...

Most of the rediscovered artifacts are thought to date from Shivta's Byzantine period, about 1,500 years ago. They were thought to have been destroyed in a fire at Shivta in October 1938, but the ...

Shivta forms part of the UNESCO-recognized Incense Route and Desert Cities of the Negev, along with Haluza, Avdat and Mamshit. A central aim of the upgrade will be to explain how Shivta’s ...

Researchers at the ruined desert city of Shivta in southern Israel have discovered a painting of the face of Jesus Christ, thought to have been made in the sixth century A.D.

A previously unknown, 1,500-year-old painting of Christ’s face has been uncovered at a Byzantine church in Israel’s Negev desert. The discovery in the ancient Byzantine village of Shivta has ...

Discovered in hitherto unpublished 1930s excavations in the Negev desert town of Shivta, the wick sheds light on how people banished darkness in the Byzantine era -- and before ...

A video filmed at Israel’s Shivta military base during a sandstorm has been miscaptioned online as footage of wildfires reaching the base. A video showing uniformed men struggling to shut a door ...

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient mural depicting a young Jesus in a church in the ruins of Shivta in Israel. The 1,500-year-old wall painting was found in a Byzantine church in Israel's ...

The ancient desert village of Shivta in southern Israel made headlines when archaeologists discovered a wall painting there that is thought to show the baptism of Jesus Christ, the earliest ...