Long ago, the colors of fabrics were more than just fashion statements. They were a nonverbal form of communication that ...

The famed Magdala Stone has intricate carvings that ‘showcase the earliest known synagogue images of Temple Menorah.’ ...

and were only later rediscovered and deciphered as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Subsequent to that first discovery, eleven different caves have been found at Qumran. And new discoveries are expected even ...

A cache of four excellently preserved Roman swords have been discovered by Israeli researchers in a cave overlooking the Dead Sea. Three of the 1,900-year-old weapons, whose iron blades are 60 ...

For the first time in over a decade, the Dead Sea Scrolls will be on loan from Israel and on display for guests to enjoy at the Ronald Reagan Library in Los Angeles from Nov. 22, 2024 – Sept. 2, 2025.

“The archaeologists tell us that the Dead Sea caves are hot and dark,” he writes. “The same might be said of the controversy which has raged around their contents. At this point ...

(credit: Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority) In 1949, archaeologists discovered several leather tefillin cases in a cave near Qumran, where the first Dead Sea Scrolls were found.

In 1961, Yoseph Porath, a volunteer on an archeological expedition to what is now known as the Cave of Letters, along the west coast of the Dead Sea in Israel, stepped on a wobbly stone deep ...

Israeli researchers made a rare find during a survey of a Dead Sea cave: Four perfectly preserved Roman swords thought to have been used in battle 1,900 years ago. The swords were likely "booty ...