The United Nations' cultural organization conference voted Sunday to list the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a decision likely to anger Israel, which ...

Interim excavation report (Vicino Oriente XXIX, 2024) links a ninth-century BCE inscription and two Bronze-Age fire layers to the Judges and Exodus narratives.

The exact location of the Pool of Siloam, where Jesus is said to have performed one of his most renowned miracles by healing ...

AMMAN – The Levant represented the natural outlet for ancient Egypt which exercised its political dominance since 4th millennium BC. The Sinai and Syria-Palestine were the first neighbour of the Nile ...

The discovery was linked to one of the city of Jericho's famous battles and confirms a crucial story found in the Bible.

In the ancient city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank, a prehistoric site has raised Palestinian hopes of a tourism boom after Unesco declared it a World Heritage site. Just a few dozen ...

Ancient Jericho doubtless fits the bill. The site is home to the Battle of Jericho (1400 B.C.), where, the Book of Joshua recounts, Jews fought to enter the land of Israel.

Israel has blasted UNESCO for listing a prehistoric ruin near the West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage site, calling the decision a "cynical" ploy by Palestinians to politicize the ...

The ancient city of Jericho is one of the world’s oldest continuously occupied areas. Nearby ruins originated in the ninth millennium BCE, according to CNN. Why, then, is it controversial for ...

The United Nations World Heritage Committee voted Sunday to list the Tell es-Sultan archaeological site in Jericho as a “World Heritage Site in Palestine.” ...

The United Nations World Heritage Committee voted Sunday to list the Tell es-Sultan archaeological site in Jericho as a “World Heritage Site in Palestine.” ...