A 1,500-year-old synagogue was recently uncovered in northern Israel — a discovery that sheds light on the enduring Jewish presence in the region that also gave rise to early Christianity. The ...

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Archaeologists excavating Ostia Antica, the ancient port city of Rome, have unearthed what is now considered the oldest ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Archaeologists have uncovered the longest continuous remains of ancient Jerusalem’s Hasmonean walls, a rare find ...

The coins were unearthed in Hukok, an ancient Jewish settlement near the Sea of Galilee associated with Jewish resistance under Roman rule. A rare hoard of 22 copper coins dating back more than 1,600 ...

The refusal to accept Jewish roots in the land does more than distort the past. It radicalizes the present. If Jews are ...

In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted in southern Italy, burying the nearby Roman city of Pompeii in scalding stone and ash. The catastrophe famously entombed, and preserved, the city’s villas, workshops, ...