SITTING on the edge of the balcony at the Fauzi Azar Inn, I hear the sounds of church bells, the Muslim call to prayer and the routine flight of F-16s overhead.

Over the past few years, well-to-do Arab Israelis, both Muslim and Christian, have been driving their minivans 10 minutes up the hill from the ancient, overcrowded nearly all-Arab city of Nazareth ...

The founding ethos of this town in the Lower Galilee, adjoining the ancient city of Nazareth, hits the visitor upon arrival. The town looks down directly on Nazareth, a large Arab-populated city.

House is first dwelling found in Nazareth from Jesus' era, archaeologists say; Discovery came during excavation for a new center honoring Mary; Home found near Church of the Annunciation, the spot ...

Archaeologists in the old city of Nazareth in Israel have discovered what they claim may have been a home dating back to the era of Jesus Christ. Christ is believed to have spent his early ...

The Lower Galilee city of Nazareth has a magical, ancient feel with its stone structures and open-market merchants selling Armenian ceramics and Finjan coffeepots. However, in this city where ...

Here, a valley between Nazareth and Sepphoris. Unlike ancient Nazareth, Sepphoris embraced Roman culture and was a "city of peace" during a Roman revolt in A.D. 70.