Tradition and technology at the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
The 1833 illustration of the interior of the Church of the Nativity is in the public domain The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem was insc
UPDATE: Hobby Lobby's "tile samples" - cuneiform tablets, cylinder seals and inscribed
In 2010, the Green family - owners of Hobby Lobby and the force behind the new Museum of the Bible (above) in Washington, DC - ignored...
Hobby Lobby’s alleged illegal antiquities dealers arrested in Israel
Hobby Lobby is a national chain of stores dedicated to arts and crafts supplies. David Green opened the first store in 1972 in Oklahoma...
World Heritage politics flare up—this time over Jerusalem
When the World Heritage Convention was first created in 1972, it was the first international effort to recognize and protect both natural...
Neanderthals in the Levant landscape
While researchers believe Neanderthals to have been a separate species from modern humans, the two groups did overlap for a period of...
The New York-Israel Global Path Through History Initiative
International heritage tourism is a mainstay of the global economy, with record numbers of international tourists visiting countries...
“The Protective Eye of Horus”
A 2,200-year-old Egyptian mummy shows surprising signs of medical conditions usually associated with our modern society’s lack of...
“Two by two”
Recent archaeological investigations in Israel have revealed 5th-century mosaics portraying a number of events outlined in the Bible....
“Not an ordinary funeral”
Archaeologists studying this 12,000-year-old grave site in northern Israel have identified six stages of the funerary ritual. The burial...