Scientists have uncovered a cache of ancient weapons hidden deep inside a cave in the Judean Desert, opening a window to ...

A special salty mineral discovered on the Dead Sea's Temple Scroll could be why the ancient manuscript has remained ...

As this fresh water diffuses into salt ... cave at Qumran near the north shore of the lake and discovered clay jars containing 2,000-year-old scripture written in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic—the ...

And while the heavily salinated sea lacked fish, it provided salt and bitumen ... Ahikam Seri The Dead Sea Scrolls remained hidden in caves for nearly 2,000 years, until they were discovered ...

Check out 24 of the world’s must unusual landscapes — from the hellish Darvaza Gas Crater in Turkmenistan to the “snow ...

What makes them truly special, however, is the cave systems and cities dug out ... The lowest point on Earth, the Dead Sea is more than nine times saltier than the sea. Thought to be part of ...

Decades of industrialisation have polluted the waters of Italy's Mar Piccolo and brought mussel farming to its knees. Can ...

The allegations are laid out in a papyrus that was discovered decades ago in the Judean desert but only recently analyzed.

Amid the cured anchovies, caramelized hunks of tortilla, and Gilda skewers, an unexpected encounter linked me to my past.

a steep-walled canyon west of the deep cleft of the Dead Sea where some Bar Kochba rebels, fleeing the Romans, took refuge in natural fault line caves in the limestone cliffs. In 1960 ...

The difference between “passed away,” “dead.” Like then ... or Bar Nestor’s buxom tomatoes studded with flaky Basque sea salt (Kat). None of these were on Javier’s list.

At the close of the 18th century, Angel Kelly, an Irishman, sets sail from Liverpool aboard The Atlas with the intention of ...