A remarkable object—an intricate piece of jewelry delicately made out of gold and silver—came to light in recent excavations in Jerusalem by archaeologists at the University of North Carolina at ...

A 12-year-old Israeli girl named Neshama Spielman recently discovered a rare Egyptian amulet that is about 3,200 years old. The amulet is said to have the name of a pharaoh on it, and it was found by ...

Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed an extremely rare ancient clay amulet with a blessing in Arabic. The clay artifact, which dates back to the 9th or 10th century, was uncovered during the ...

A European priest looks 1,500 years into the past and imagines the Holy City at the birth of Christianity. This 1584 map of Jerusalem, made by a European priest who never visited the city, portrays ...