Researchers believe that the purple dye produced at Shikmona was transferred to neighboring countries and may have been used to dye fabrics for the Temple in Jerusalem.

The official structure, stuffed with significant coins and Greek papyri, was likely later transformed into someone’s grave ...

Ancient Tel Shiqmona site yields first evidence of large-scale purple dye production centuries before Roman times, possibly ...

(Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority) “We know that the main road linking Edom — modern-day Jordan ... the Judea and Samaria Civil Administration Archaeology Department, and the ...

This is the archaeological site of Göbekli Tepe ... such as Kemosh (Moab), Qos (Edom), and Milkom (Ammon)—a form of proto-monotheism. Thus, the Judaism we know today has no equivalent in ...

The dig is part of a multi-year operation led by the Israel Antiquities Authority, with support from the Ministry of Heritage and the Judea and Samaria Civil Administration’s archaeology unit ...

An archaeological database of over 55,000 housing floor area measurements reveals a long history of inequality linked to housing size, spanning from 12,000 years ago to the pre-industrial era.

The death and resurrection of Jesus is the most famous underdog story in history. A low-status artisan from Galilee challenged the authorities of his time and ended up dying a brutal and ...

LARAMIE – Voting is now open for the annual Society for American Archaeology (SAA) State Archaeology Celebration Poster contest. Wyoming has been participating in this contest since its ...