Some of the artifacts were from the period of the Bar-Kochba revolt in 130 CE.
Three grave robbers were caught as they were raiding a burial cave excavation in northern Israel, stealing precious artifacts.
Archaeologists are having a field day in excavations prior to the widening of a highway west of Jerusalem and have found evidence of the change from a rural to urban society 5,000 years ago.
Signs of the agricultural revolution in the Stone Age were found in northern Israel. Archaeologists discovered remains of an ancient village, along with sexual symbols.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The Waqf, a Jordanian Muslim religious body entrusted with the management of the Temple Mount, has been renovating the site for years.