An ancient necropolis that once held more than 100 tombs from as far back as 4,000 years ago has been discovered near the Palestinian town of Bethlehem in the West Bank. The burial ground was ...

The Palestinian government had made an emergency request before the meeting for the “cultural landscape” of the ancient village of Battir, a few miles outside Bethlehem, to be on both lists.

The artifact, a bulla, or piece of clay for sealing a document, may prove existence of Bethlehem dating back to First Temple Period. Ancient Bethlehem bulla (photo credit: Courtesy Israel ...

THE report on the bone-bearing beds of Bethlehem by Miss E. W. Gardner and Miss D. M. A. Bate, appearing in this issue of NATURE (see p. 431), summarizes the results of three years' excavation on ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Dozens of photos of smiling babies accompanied by moving testimonials line the walls of Franciscan Brother Lawrence Bode’s office in the Milk Grotto Church where ...

Step back in time, over 2000 years ago, and walk the streets of ancient Bethlehem as Mary and Joseph did on the night of Christ's birth. On your journey to the site of the Nativity, you will meet ...

Jeremy Bristow discovers that an ancient Christian order is providing maternity services for some of the poorest people in the Bethlehem area ... rock-strewn desert landscape is occasionally ...

John Wesley transformed its activity center visually, aesthetically, and spiritually into a scene from ancient Bethlehem, complete with a temple, a stable, camel and donkey rides, street vendors ...