A lead and wood artifact discovered in a roughly 6,000-year-old grave in a desert cave is the oldest evidence of smelted lead on record in the Levant, a new study finds. The artifact, which looks ...

For centuries, the ancient Philistines have been a prominent, yet enigmatic, group in historical accounts, particularly in the narratives of the ancient Levant. Their true origins—whether they ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

The term "ancient Israel" is used by scholars to refer to the tribes, kingdoms and dynasties formed by ancient Jewish people in the Levant (an area that encompasses modern-day Israel, Palestine ...

Carthaginians, Ancient Rome’s Infamous Enemies, Are Not Exactly Who Scholars Thought They Were, Ancestry Study Suggests DNA reveals that the people of Carthage, a powerful independent colony ...

Ancient graves reveal distinct burial practices of Neanderthals and early humans in the Levant by Sandee Oster, Phys.org ...

The Australian team reconstructed a daily life of people living in that structure and found a cooking installation on a bench against the west wall, a stone water trough and, placed against walls, ...

ANCESTORS: Identity and DNA in the Levant. By Pierre Zalloua. Random House. 288 pages. $31. An ancient crossroads, the Levant is that region of the eastern Mediterranean encompassing the countries ...

AMMAN - Pilgrimage routes in the Levant and Hijaz have been a topic of research for the past decades when archaeologists and historians studied the ...

In the deepest part of a sprawling cave in Israel's northern Negev desert, ancient people placed a lead and wood artifact next to a burial.