The first city in recorded history (photos)
Uruk is the biblical city of Erech, the second city of the kingdom of Nimrod in Shinar (Genesis 10:10)
Crusader-era hand grenade found in Israel
It was filled with naphtha, a flammable sticky liquid known as Greek fire, then sealed and thrown at enemies
Customs letter about a long-lost suitcase leads to artifacts from desert with early “Jesus” painting
Researchers investigated a letter from a customs official about a "lost and found" suitcase left at the port of Haifa in 1938!