JERUSALEM – Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 2,700-year-old seal that bears the inscription "Bethlehem," the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday, in what experts believe to ...

Shmuel Achituv, an expert in ancient scripts at Israel's Ben-Gurion University who did not participate in the dig, said the discovery was the oldest reference to Bethlehem ever found outside of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK – Workers renovating a house in the traditional town of Jesus’ birth accidentally discovered an untouched ancient tomb containing clay pots, plates, beads and the bones of ...

In this photo made available, Wednesday, May 22, 2012 by Israel's Antiquities Authority, shows a detail of a seal bearing the name “Bethlehem” in ancient Hebrew script. -AP Photo JERUSALEM ...