A small sparkling item seen by a hiker in Israel turned out to be an ancient scarab dating back nearly 2,800 years. Erez Avrahamov, a 45-year resident of Padoel, was hiking Tabor Stream Reserve in the ...

Below lies the sweeping Negev desert. Above, a line of camels saunter across a stretch of land dotted with yellow-flowered tumble thistle and tiny pink sun roses. In the distance, the lights of Arad ...

in southern Israel when he came across an oblong stone that looked different than those around it. Turns out, it was. The child, 11-year-old Zvi Ben-David, had discovered an ancient figurine that ...

Hiking along in Wadi Kelt, I hear the soft sounds of rushing water flowing over desert rocks and stones. The wind picks up, ...