The power of Ramses III spread over key routes and was marked by rock inscriptions in his name—one has been found in Wadi Rum ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

Located at Tel Shiqmona in coastal Israel, the facility turned sea snails into purple dye at an industrial scale ...

Their research was based on, not DNA, but a series of techniques collectively called ancient protein analysis, or paleoproteomics. This process involves extracting proteins from the bone and tooth ...

The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in ...

In a gamble to avoid them, Israel had dropped its own tariffs on American products to zero a day earlier, even though they were only imposed on very few items. Seated next to Trump in the White ...

Schools run by the agency serve Palestinians in areas occupied by Israel, including East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. “UNRWA schools are protected by the privileges and immunities of the ...

It was aimed at “capturing wide areas [of Gaza] and adding them to Israel’s security zones” (see buffer zones on map), he continued. Map: The Economist A few hours later Binyamin Netanyahu ...

In September 2023, he got married, and one month later, Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza. When he was killed, he left behind his wife and their two-month-old baby girl, Wiam. Ezzeddin was ...

Ancient Egypt and modern Egypt; ancient Philistine and modern Palestine; ancient Israel and modern Israel; ancient Greece, and crusader kingdoms; ancient Rome and modern British Empire; ancient ...

As Americans look at the Middle East, fewer say the Israel-Hamas war is important to them personally – or important to U.S. national interests – than felt that way early last year, according to a new ...