Scientists have revived a mysterious, 1,000-year-old seed discovered in the Judean Desert — and the tree that has grown from it could belong to a lost lineage mentioned in the Bible, they say.

Researchers have successfully germinated a seed that lay dormant for over a millennium in the dry caves of the Judean Desert.

High school in Ma'agan Michael closes early after drainage fails, flooding area with knee-high water; nearly 200mm of rain ...

A rare find of four Roman swords discovered in a Judean Desert cave, announced by the Israel Antiquities Authority earlier this year, has been named the most exciting archaeological find of 2023 ...

(CNN) — Botanists have grown a long-lost tree species from a 1,000-year-old seed found in a cave in the Judean Desert in the 1980s. The researchers involved in the project say they believe the ...

Searches of the cliffs and caves in the Judean Desert have yielded a treasure trove of finds over decades, including the world famous Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest known copies of Biblical books.

Archaeologists have discovered a precious piece of crimson fabric in the Judean desert that is 3,800 years old and may have been coloured using a substance referenced in the Bible. The tiny ...

aiming to try to find out who owned the swords, and where, when, and by whom they were manufactured," said Dr Eitan Klein, a director of the Judean Desert Survey Project.