2,800-year-old stamp in Tel Hazor connects Hercules to northern Israel, depicting a hero battling a seven-headed serpent, reflecting Levantine visual culture and myth transmission complexities ...

In a historic find, a large fragment of an Egyptian statue measuring 45 X 40 centimeters, made of lime-stone, was discovered in the course of the current season of excavations at Tel-Hazor, north of ...

A thousand years before Moses, a mighty city rose near what is now the city of Safad in northern Israel. Its name was Hazor (pronounced Hahtsor) and the Old Testament called it “head of all those ...

For the first time in Israel, a document has been uncovered containing a law code that parallels portions of the famous Code of Hammurabi. The code is written on fragments of a cuneiform tablet, ...

Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now and The Reel Schmooze podcasts, and heads up The Times of Israel's features. Seven stunning ...

Israel Prize-winning archaeologist Amnon Ben-Tor, one of the leaders in his field in the country, died this week at age 88. Ben-Tor, a professor at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University, spent decades ...

Court sentences man who stole cars from Be'eri after Oct. 7 ...

The historicity of the Bible is a hotly debated topic of research although many scripture experts claim the archaeological record can vouch for the Bible. Biblical texts like the Book of Kings, Joshua ...

Part of an ancient Egyptian king's unique sphinx was unveiled at a dig in northern Israel on Tuesday, with researchers struggling to understand just how the unexpected find ended up there. The broken ...