Straddling the political and social realities of both Palestine and Israel, this unique ethno-religious community is striving to preserve its traditions ...

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Florida follows Arkansas in banning the use of the term West Bank in schools and public agencies, replacing it with the biblical terms Judea and Samaria.

3,300-Year-Old Egyptian Text Sparks Fresh Debate Over Biblical Giants ...

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

Archaeologists working in Israel have discovered a 5,000-year-old settlement at Hurvat Husham, near Beit Shemesh, as a prelude to the expansion of Beit Shemesh’s western industrial area. What they ...

Like many of you, I have been watching Ken Burns’ six-part documentary on the American Revolution. It is a magnificent narration of the origins of the United States. Based on original research and ...

Israeli authorities are encroaching on the ancient site of Sebastia in the West Bank to create a tourist attraction aimed at settlers, raising worries of the displacement of Palestinians. An ancient ...

Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. Israel’s creeping annexation of an ancient West ...

Medieval Christians drawing boundaries around ancient Israelite tribes on Holy Land maps had no idea they were influencing how later mapmakers would depict political power. Those red ink lines, meant ...

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an ancient religious practice in northern Israel in addition to a wine press dating back roughly 5,000 years — one of the oldest ever uncovered in the ...

During a recent series of excavations in the Jordan Valley of Israel, a team of archaeologists from the University of Haifa truly hit the jackpot, both figuratively and literally. Making a most ...