History, too, recognizes the city as the Jewish capital
With some help from friendly porcupines
The chicken-shaped object was probably used in early Christian funerary rituals
Researchers are excavating a 100-foot-long tunnel at the site of Ponar Forest massacre near Vilnius
A 5,000-year-old artifact depicts music-laden union of a king and goddess
Police recover 11 ancient ritual objects in thwarted antiquities deal
The nine unopened scrolls were discovered in 1952 but never investigated
A brilliant young Harvard Ph.D. faces jail for impersonating a Bible scholar—and rival of his father
Upheaval in Egypt and Libya has led to widespread looting—and the plunder is being sold on the Israeli market
