An ancient collection that was recently given to Israel’s Haifa University allows researchers a unique opportunity to see how the region was portrayed in maps by European scholars.

Two recently discovered ancient gold rings set with garnets reveal how Greek trends and customs became part of life in ...

At the heart of the map sits Babylon, positioned as the center of existence. This mirrored how many ancient cultures perceived their own cities—whether Athens, Jerusalem, or Rome—as the focal ...

This 1584 map of Jerusalem, made by a European priest who never visited the city, portrays scenes from the life of Christ in vivid color. This excerpt is taken from National Geographic’s new ...

JERUSALEM -- With the help of an ancient mosaic map, Israeli archaeologists said Wednesday they have unearthed a section of an old flagstone street in Jerusalem that provides important new ...

According to the Bible, the “United Kingdom of Israel” existed from the 11th ... the timing of the construction of a large ancient building. Establishing the dates of a major shake-up to ...

a perspective that mirrors how other ancient cultures, like Athens, Rome, and Jerusalem, also viewed their cities as the center of the universe. The map’s design is enclosed by two concentric ...

Warren’s astonishing exploits—he once explored a sewage channel by laying old doors across the muck—and his remarkably precise maps are ... some say, of Jerusalem’s ancient Jewish roots.

What Rice and his partner in the project, Yael Tarasiuk-Nevo, started to map out seven months ago is a 400km route, The Way to Jerusalem, based on ancient Holy Land pilgrimages. As Rice explains to ...

JERUSALEM — Installing an elevator doesn’t normally involve a 2,000-year plunge into an ancient city’s history. But in Jerusalem, even seemingly simple construction projects can lead to ...