During excavations on the grounds of an Israeli Air Force base in the Negev Desert, archaeologists came across several tombs ...

Ebony and bone pendants carved in the likeness of African men and women have been documented in three sixth–seventh-century ...

Three 1,500-year-old burials in the Negev desert have pendants of bone and ebony that may depict the deceased individuals' ...

Ancient ebony figures discovered in a necropolis in Israel are stylistically African, but made of Asian wood and surfaced ...

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Rare African-style figurines dating back 1,500 years were discovered in ancient Christian tombs in Israel’s Negev desert.

Scientists have found new evidence for how our fossil human relatives in South Africa may have used their hands.

Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed three 1,500-year-old Christian burials that contain very rare figurines crafted from ebony and bone and depict people from Africa.

Figures of animal bone were common grave goods at the ... site in Tel Malhata was a mystery. While the carvings were stylistically African (and there is ebony in Africa), the wood they were ...

A set of rare and intricately carved figurines — including miniature heads of African figures fashioned from black wood and bone — have been discovered in 1,500-year-old Christian graves of women and ...