The Times of Israel reports: Archaeologists have unearthed an extensive fabric collection in the south of Israel dating back some 3,000 years to the biblical era of King David and Solomon, Tel Aviv University said Wednesday. The materials were uncovered
The Times of Israel reports: Israel on Tuesday announced an ambitious new project aimed at finally piecing together some of the thousands of fragments of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls that have mystified experts since their discovery in the 1940s
A section of Israel’s separation barrier in east Jerusalem divides the Palestinian Shuafat refugee camp (right) from the Jewish settlement Pisgat Zeev Israeli authorities announced Wednesday they had uncovered findings proving for the first time the existence of an established
The Times of Israel reports: A 3,500-year-old Egyptian seal in the form of a scarab was discovered by an Israeli during a walk in the Lower Galilee. Amit Haklai spotted a tiny white object while on an outing with his
The Jerusalem Post reports: Three 1,700-year-old funerary inscriptions referring to rabbis written in Aramaic and Greek were recently unearthed in Moshav Zippori, near the Western Galilee, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced on Wednesday. The finding was made following a joint
TEL AVIV – The Israel Antiquities Authority announced it will incorporate the recently unearthed remains of a 3,400-year-old citadel into a state-of-the-art beachfront tower. An archaeological excavation in the northern coastal city of Nahariya exposed the remains of a millennia-old
TEL AVIV – An ancient farmhouse dating back 2,700 years has been unearthed in Israel on the same site as a Byzantine monastery, the Daily Mail reported. The monastery is considerably younger than the farmstead, which is thought to have
TEL AVIV – A mysterious gold object discovered in a Jerusalem cemetery turns out to be a “diffuser of positive energies” available on the web, Facebook users informed the Israel Antiquities Authority. On Tuesday, Breibart Jerusalem reported that the Authority had
Israeli archaeologists discovered a 1,500-year-old slab of marble with Hebrew inscriptions (pictured) by Kursi near the Sea of Galilee in Israel’s north, reaffirming a Jewish presence at what Christians believe to be the location of Jesus’ “Miracle of the Swine.” University of
Arsonists in northern Israel set fire to a couple of storerooms housing 4,000 year old artifacts and other antiquities salvaged during an excavation at Tel Kishon, reports The Times of Israel.
Midburn, an Israeli version of the popular “Burning Man” festival, is under fire for causing damage to a neighboring historic archaeological site.
