The organization is named for the oak trees that grow on the edges of the olive grove. The olives for the ... The olive is one of the most ancient relics of prehistoric days.

The site of the only known palace dating back to the kingdom of Biblical Judah, digs have also revealed a luxurious ancient garden ... common fig and olive; and imported citron, Persian walnut, cedar ...

Heads of carved African figures discovered at the site may indicate the origin of those buried. Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority Two small wooden ancient African figurines, believed to be 1,500 ...

The findings, described in the latest issue of Atiqot (Bone and Ebony Figurines from Christian Burials in the Roman–Byzantine Necropolis of Tel Malchata), the academic journal of the Israel ...

Israel Finkelstein from the University of Haifa, and Prof. Eli Piasetzky, a physicist from Tel Aviv University, drew from the ancient names recorded in the open-access Onomasticon.net database.

Historians recently unveiled their findings about an ancient purple dye factory located in modern-day Israel — revealing a glimpse into life during biblical times. In an article recently ...

Olives picked, crushed, and pressed by hand — this is how extra virgin olive oil was made long before machines. Trump just declared May 8 a national holiday. What’s open and closed?

A pile of stones is all that distinguishes one man’s land from another in Suweida — black igneous rock worn smooth over the centuries by wind and sun, before being gathered by a solitary farmer to ...