Fifteenth-century Christian pilgrims left an 'intriguing' drawing on a port in Gaza as they traveled to other sites throughout Israel, archaeologists have revealed. The sketches - thought to be about ...

Ship drawings discovered in the Rahat church excavation. (Yoli Schwartz/IAA) One of the ship illustrations is a simple line drawing, with a slightly pointed bow and discernable oars on both sides, ...

The excavations are part of a town’s expansion program for opening a new neighborhood for Rahat and suburban residents led by the Authority for Development and Settlement of the Bedouin in the Negev.

In the northern Negev desert, with no shore in sight, new findings reveal how Christian pilgrims arrived in the Holy Land 1,500-years-ago. During an excavation of a Byzantine-era church next to the ...