British archaeologists said Thursday they have unearthed a sprawling complex near the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq, home of the biblical Abraham. The structure, thought to be about 4,000 ...

Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures and Sonia ... the copper industry in Canaan at that time was concentrated in two large mining areas – one in Timna (north ...

Now, researchers reporting in the journal Cell on May 28 have new insight into the Canaanites' history based on a new genome-wide analysis of ancient DNA collected from 73 individuals.