The Huqoq synagogue and the Jewish Galilee.

Hyrcania.

Who was Eleazer bar Ger?

A failed expulsion, a rabbinic renaissance, and an interfaith friendship.

Extortion, tax evasion, counterfeiting, inciting rebellion, and forging documents.

A feature of an upscale Jewish house.

Rujm el-Hiri remains a mystery.

An “archaeological Hanukkah miracle.”

A discovery for Hanukkah.

A new discovery in Banias.

Mahanayim and Penuel.

A 5,000-year-old public building in Beit Shemesh.

A scholar contests the theory of highly literate northerners and unsophisticated Judeans.

Understanding the Roman assault.