excavations

An hourglass-shaped cooking installation centered on a large metal cauldron used to boil oil for soap production was uncovered. The cauldron sat inside a stone-built basin, with a fire chamber beneath

Several female skeletons were found at the site during previous excavation

Among the remains was a plaque portraying a menorah motif and an inscription in Hebrew and Greek

Saudi Arabia is looking to tourism in an attempt to diversify the kingdom's oil heavy economy

Biblical scrolls, a 6,000-year-old skeleton and the world's oldest basket found in complex operation

Among hundreds of intact ceramic oil lamps, two bearing symbols of the menorah found

Jerusalem Pilgrimage Road excavation reveals what appears to be location of a bustling town square