Researchers in Israel found that, despite living in luxury, the residents of a now-ancient glam villa in Jerusalem suffered from intestinal parasites. Ya'akov Billig, The Israel Antiquities ...

The modern state of Israel was established in 1948, with Jerusalem as its capital. The Israel Museum in Jerusalem holds many of the Dead Sea Scrolls and numerous artifacts from Israel's ancient ...

Ancient toilet shows Jerusalem’s rich wallowed in luxury – and discomfort Sediment samples swiped from 2,700-year-old privy reveal the presence of intestinal worm eggs that would have caused ...

Beyond what we see in ruins and texts, ancient Jerusalem was alive with sound — from temple chants and crowded markets to the ...

One of the two ancient bronze coins, which according to Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists were struck by the Roman procurator of Judea, Valerius Gratus, in the year 17/18 CE and recently ...

Israel officially opened a stairway, known as "Pilgrim's Road," that Jesus is believed to have walked on in ancient Jerusalem as another place for Judeo-Christian visitors to see in the Holy Land.

View ancient treasures at Jerusalem’s new national archeology campus The Israel Antiquities Authority’s brand-new digs are more than a museum.

A mysterious podium used by itinerant street preachers or perhaps as a primitive lost-and-found has been unearthed in the ancient city of Jerusalem. The podium is nearly 2,000 years old.

Archaeologists debate where old Jerusalem and King David's palace were located. A new find near the Temple Mount suggests that the “City of David” was more likely a suburb of ancient Jerusalem.

JERUSALEM (RNS) — A new Hebrew-English Bible with a distinctly Israeli flavor will be published in honor of Israel’s 70th anniversary.