For centuries, the ancient Philistines have been a prominent, yet enigmatic, group in historical accounts, particularly in the narratives of the ancient Levant. Their true origins—whether they ...

Ancient Bird Bones May Have Been Fashioned Into Flutes for Catching More Birds A team of archaeologists posit a unique theory about 12,000-year-old bird bones from the Levant, which appear to have ...

A lead and wood artifact discovered in a roughly 6,000-year-old grave in a desert cave is the oldest evidence of smelted lead on record in the Levant, a new study finds. The artifact, which looks like ...

In a study published in this year’s edition of the journal Egypt and the Levant, the researchers pieced together ancient evidence — including flint and bone records from the fallen city of ...