An Israeli archaeologist shows an artifact at the ancient site of En Esur (Ein Asawir) where a 5,000-year-old city was uncovered, near Harish, Israel, Oct. 6, 2019. A huge 5,000-year-old Canaanite ...

Researchers have uncovered new evidence that an earthquake may have caused the destruction and abandonment of a flourishing Canaanite palatial site about 3,700 years ago. A team of Israeli and ...

Six-year-old Imri Elya was awarded a "good citizenship" certificate for discovering a rare, small Canaanite tablet near an Israeli archaeological site. Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority ...

A Palestinian farmer in Gaza discovered a 4,500-year-old stone statue of a Canaanite goddess. The statue depicts the goddess Anat — the Canaanite deity of love and war. Historians believe that Anat ...

The undated image released by the Israel Antiquities Authority on Wednesday shows an ivory comb (left) with faint etchings that have been proven to be a 3,700-year-old example of the Canaanite ...

Researchers have unearthed an ivory comb from 1700 BCE inscribed with a plea to eradicate lice. The finding provides direct evidence for the use of the Canaanite alphabet in daily activities some 3700 ...

In the most recent whole-genome study of ancient remains from the Near East, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute scientists and their collaborators sequenced the entire genomes of 4,000-year-old Canaanite ...

The alphabet was invented around 1800 BCE and was used by the Canaanites and later by most other languages in the world. Until recently, no meaningful Canaanite inscriptions had been discovered in the ...

An ancient 3,200-year-old Canaanite temple has been discovered in Israel which was part of a biblical city destroyed by Joshua. Inside, archaeologists found various statues of different gods, ...

IDF strikes Hezbollah rocket launchers in southern Lebanon during overnight raid ...

Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now, Friday Focus and The Reel Schmooze podcasts, and heads up The Times of Israel's features. A six ...