TEL HAZOR, Israel (AFP) – Part of an ancient Egyptian king's unique sphinx was unveiled at a dig in northern Israel on Tuesday, with researchers struggling to understand just how the unexpected find ...

Prof. Amnon Ben-Tor and Dr. Sharon Zuckerman of the Hebrew University’s Institute of Archaeology, who are leading the Hazor Excavations. At a site in Tel Hazor National Park, north of the Sea of ...

Only the paws have been found so far, and the piece bears the name of a pharaoh who ruled in 2500 BC The normally quiet part of Israel is enlivened every summer when archeologists and volunteers ...

In a historic find, a large fragment of an Egyptian statue measuring 45 X 40 centimeters, made of lime-stone, was discovered in the course of the current season of excavations at Tel-Hazor, north of ...

As modern-day Egypt breaks ground in its second revolution in just several years, pieces of one of the country’s former rulers dating more than 4,000 years have resurfaced. An ancient Sphinx believed ...

The Tel Hazor site covers 200 acres. The city was the capital of Canaan 4,000 years ago and prospered from its location on the route connecting Egypt and Babylon.

A group of researchers is trying to determine how part of an ancient Egyptian king's unique sphinx ended up buried in Israel. AFP reports a statue dedicated to Egyptian ruler Mycerinus, who ruled ...

As modern Egypt searches for a new leader, Israeli archaeologists have found evidence of an ancient Egyptian leader in northern Israel. At a site in Tel Hazor National Park, north of the Sea of ...

Archaeologists working at a site in Tel Hazor National Park in north Israel have unearthed the base of a unique sphinx. It features a hieroglyphic inscription linking it to an ancient Egyptian pharaoh ...

Destination Editor Ken Kiesnoski crisscrossed Israel, taking in a selection of Unesco World Heritage site strewn across the compact country. Amid all the history and majesty, he people-watched as ...