However, their material culture, mobility and settlement patterns are nearly indistinguishable. Despite this, it was ...

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 ...

New research in northwest Saudi Arabia has identified the existence of a network of previously unknown walled oases.

Ancient DNA analysis challenges our understanding of the ancient Phoenician-Punic civilization. An international team of researchers analyzing genome-wide data from 210 ancient individuals has ...

Nestled on the coast of the island of Euboea (Evia), the ancient city of Eretria was one of the most influential centers in ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the first alphabet (from which many present-day writing systems derive). By the ...

The ancient people of Carthage, located in modern Tunisia, did not have ancestry in common with the Levantine Phoenicians that established their culture, according to a new study. J. M. W. Turner ...

It’s here in the Levant that the world’s oldest human burials have been discovered, with graves at sites in what is now modern-day Israel such as Qafzeh, Skhul, Tabun, and Nesher Ramla dated ...

A new study from Tel Aviv University may have found the answer to the question that has been puzzling archeologists for decades: Why is there no prehistoric cave art in the Levant, and specifically in ...

AMMAN — Pella, located in north-western Jordan, has been a site continuously occupied from the Neolithic times to more recent periods. The Hellenistic period was the most thoroughly studied, although ...

However, their material culture, mobility and settlement patterns are nearly indistinguishable. Despite this, it was hypothesized that the two species may have had different burial practices.