"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Judea apart from the trial of Jesus." In the 1950s, an ancient papyrus scroll found in a cave in the Judean Desert was filed away in a storage room ...

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered ancient tombs near Tlalim Junction in the Negev ...

Located near Tlalim Junction, the excavation site has revealed dozens of tombs containing a rich variety of artifacts.

Professionals warn that bill extending Israeli law over West Bank may strengthen claims of de facto annexation, would not ...

“Forgery and tax fraud carried severe penalties under Roman law, including hard labor or even capital punishment,” Dolganov ...

"The structure and the diverse finds strengthen the understanding that the Negev was much more than an international transit route—it was also a vibrant meeting point of merchants and cultures." The ...

The papyrus details the prosecution of two main defendants: Gadalias, a notary’s son and something of an ancient Roman “bad ...

"I volunteered to organize documentary papyri in the Israel Antiquities Authority's scrolls laboratory, and when I saw it, marked 'Nabataean,' I exclaimed, 'It's Greek to me!'" recalls Prof ...

An archaeological discovery near Jerusalem has shaken the foundations of historical knowledge about asceticism in the Byzantine era. A team of scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science and the ...