The main figures in this impressive piece of art shows the beauty in the natural world with depictions of birds, mammal, fish, plants, and flowers. Archaeology in Israel has a well-known reputation ...

Among the most beautiful mosaics discovered in Israel, the Lod Mosaic with its fantastical motifs of wild animals and marine scenes was first excavated in 1996. During Roman rule, the city of Lod, ...

After nearly six months living and volunteering in Lod, moving between Jewish and Arab spaces in the city has become a normal part of my daily life. I’ll start a day working in a religious Jewish ...

LOD, Israel — Competing narratives usually lie uneasily next to one another in this central Israeli city. A modern synagogue on one corner stands yards away from a 13th century mosque. A 19th century ...

LOD — Last week, the central Israeli city of Lod could have used some help from its resident dragon-slayer. As legend goes, George of Lydda, a Christian soldier in the Roman Army, once killed a dragon ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a hoard of silver and bronze coins dating from the 4th century CE buried in the foundations of an ancient, destroyed Jewish public building in the central Israel city of ...