History

Gilgal, a name that is mentioned 39 times in the Old Testament, is an important biblical destination, yet does not have an exact location. It was once an actual site,…

 Water workers unearth Israel’s oldest city gate. Workers chanced upon the oldest city gate in Israel during excavations to lay a new water pipe. The stone and mudbrick structure formed…

No one likes pyramid schemes—except for the ruling class in ancient Egypt who some 4,000 years ago constructed colossal pyramids to house their mummified pharaohs in preparation for their journey…

 Aviv Weizman, 17, was taking part in an archeological dig at the ancient site of Usha when she discovered the 1,500-year-old object. A teenager from northern Israel recently made the…

Nestled on Israel’s northern coast, just above Tel Aviv, the ancient port city of Acre (or as the locals call it, Akko) is one of the world’s oldest cities and…

Long considered the oldest seaport in the world, the city of Jaffa is often overlooked as simply the older sister of its larger neighbor Tel Aviv, but it’s much more…

Fourty-four tons of 1,800-year-old marble artifacts, carried in a merchant ship that was shipwrecked in a storm, uncovered off coast of Israel. A few weeks ago, an Israeli man contacted…

Anyone into time travel will want to visit the ancient city of Ephesus. Turn back the clock in the present-day Selcuk, a town near Izmir, in western Turkey. This once-cosmopolitan…

Israeli restaurants can be dark, loud places with faux-friendly service and expensive wine. But they’re really great if you know how to enjoy them. Here in Israel, you’ll be very…

After 10 years of planning and $50 million, the 2,000-year-old fortress near Jaffa Gate is transformed into an accessible, cutting-edge multimedia museum. The Tower of David fortress, built by the…

Codex Sassoon, the oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible, was purchased for Tel Aviv’s ANU Museum at a Sotheby auction for $38.1 million. The 1,100-year-old Codex Sassoon, the oldest and most…

This formerly sleepy city has beautiful hiking and biking trails, a great coffeehouse and brewery, art and nightlife, and a choice of accommodations. For most people, Arad is a dusty…

Financial record carved into stone sheds light on the everyday life and commercial activities of Jerusalemites some 2,000 years ago. It’s a good thing that digital receipts were unheard of…

Holocaust survivors are some of the bravest people you will ever meet; they have lived lives full of extraordinary hardship and trauma and yet chose to pioneer Israel to rebuild…

Lonah Chemtai Salpeter took up running as a hobby less than 10 years ago. Now, she is one of Israel’s top athletes and has her eyes set on the 2024…