Today, the shores of Caesarea are known for exclusive verdant golf courses and luxury hotels. But more than 1,000 years ago, Caesarea’s coast was the birthplace of a complicated system of vegetable ...

Maritime archaeologists found several precious artifacts, hundreds of silver coins from two shipwrecks dating over a millennium apart in the ancient harbor. Some time ago, a team of divers from the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Archaeologists at Vanderbilt are making historic discoveries in the medieval port city of Caesarea. Until now, most of the research in the city on Israel's coast has focused ...

The sarcophagus was discovered outside the known walls of Caesarea, indicating that the ancient city was far more extensive than previously thought. In a remarkable archaeological find, the Israel ...

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A rare Roman sarcophagus depicting a drinking contest between the wine god Dionysus and the mythological hero Hercules was uncovered in Caesarea. The Israel Antiquities Authority announced that a ...

DIVERS have found an enormous treasure trove of gold coins after a powerful storm, and more is believed to lie beneath the shifting sands. It’s the largest find of gold artefacts in Israel’s history: ...

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Pope Benedict XVI met with 30,000 people in St. Peter’s Square during his general audience on June 13. He offered his reflections on Eusebius (c. 275-339), who was a bishop of Caesarea in Palestine ...

The ruins of Caesarea, the ancient Roman port that once numbered Pontius Pilate and St Paul among its residents, are in danger of being washed into the sea after sustaining heavy damage in a storm.

In a remarkable archaeological find, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), in collaboration with the Caesarea Development Corporation, has revealed a Roman-period marble sarcophagus unlike any ...