You want to dig a hole in the ground to plant or bury something, perhaps lay the foundation for a road or a new building? Think again. In Israel, there’s usually more to it than simply picking ...

To put this into context, Biblical scholars place Abraham near 2000 BC, Moses near 1400 BC, and David and his son Solomon, who built Jerusalem’s Temple, near 1000 BC. Motza was a flourishing ...

A recent study published in the journal Atiqot described a tomb found at the Motza archaeological site in the hills of ...