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Four people were arrested while trying to break into an underground space at the Horbat Binit archaeological site in the Lower Galilee over the weekend.
By Israel Hayom
"The seal supports the biblical record of there being a governor of Jerusalem during the period."
By Yori Yalon
The words "Holy Jerusalem" are inscribed in ancient Hebrew script on one side of the 2,000-year-old silver coin.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
The Antiquities Authority loaned the lamps to the White House in 2019 ahead of a Hanukkah party.
Fortunately, the caves, which are among the largest in the area, were not damaged during the recent robbery incidents.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Arabs killed and mutilated all 35 Jews in the 1948 convoy.
The Byzantine convent was first excavated twenty years ago and was later covered up to protect it.
The aqueduct remained the main source of water for Jerusalem until 1917.
“The farmstead was probably abandoned suddenly due to impending danger.”
Hundreds of ancient finds, including rare bone and ivory artifacts from the biblical period, were seized.
The 2,700-year-old remains of intestinal parasite eggs were discovered in a cesspit beneath the toilet in the garden of a luxury estate uncovered at the Armon Hanatziv Promenade in Jerusalem.
The underwater remains also include rare personal effects of the shipwreck victims.
The girl came with her family to the Emek Tzurim Sifting Project in Jerusalem.
“The discovery of ancient finds by swimmers and leisure divers is a growing phenomenon in recent years, with the increasing popularity of these sports.”
It appears that the town of Yavne, home to the Sanhedrin in exile after the destruction of the Second Temple, became a worldwide powerhouse of wine production some 1,500 years ago.
It's fascinating to see how something that's obvious to us today, such as toilets, was a luxury item during the reign of the kings of Judah."
Jerusalem’s ancient quarries were the main source of building stones for monumental construction projects in the city, such as the Temple Mount.
A few years ago, Dr. Jon Seligman's visit to Vilna as part of a roots trip sparked the idea of digging up what was left of the compound and the synagogue.
“The new route provides a better understanding of the complex and important site known as the Western Wall tunnels."
How did the egg end up in the cesspit? We'll never know.
The first discovery of its kind in Jerusalem and one of the few in the world.
The find was reported to the National Treasures Department of the Israel Antiquities Authority and the soldier received a certificate of appreciation for good citizenship.
Engraved in stone, the Greek inscription is part of a lintel originally set in the frame of a church entrance from the late Byzantine period.
The online conference, titled "The Land that I Will Show You," will run Sunday, October 25, through Wednesday, October 28.
The research reveals that the migration from Africa occurred during a period of a global ice age and supports the belief that the adaptations that made humanity the dominant species on Earth appeared early on in our evolution.
For the past 15 years the stone is weighing heavily on his heart.
Excavating in antiquities sites without a license and destroying such sites constitute severe violations of the law in Israel, for which the law prescribes up to five years in prison.
By Naomi Kahn
Illegal construction work on the “Gate of Mercy” structure is causing permanent harm to the ancient Jewish structure.
By JNi.Media
If a letter arrived with a broken bulla, it meant it had been opened.
By JNi.Media
A representative of the city's legal adviser objected to the move, arguing that it could not be sneaked under the guise of accessibility.
By JNi.Media
"This study of 22 individuals is one of the largest ancient DNA studies carried out from a single archaeological site, and by far the largest ever reported in the Near East."
By JNi.Media
"I intuited that there was something hidden there," Geller recalled.
By JNi.Media
The earring will be on display for the general public at the City of David's annual archeological conference. “Whoever wore it belonged to Jerusalem's upper class.”
By JNi.Media
"The extremely long duration of the production of these near-identical jars indicates that the workshop was probably a family-owned business that passed down from generation to generation."
By JNi.Media
A marvelous new mosaic was discovered in archaeological excavations carried out prior to construction, on the site of the planned Shelby White and Leon Levy Mosaic Center in Lod.
By JNi.Media
Archaeologists slid the vessels on ropes 30 yards down a sheer cliff.
By JNi.Media
“The size of the object, its shape, and the text on it indicate that it was apparently used as an amulet for blessing and protection.”
By JNi.Media
The $28 Million preservation and reconstruction of the walls, fortifications, towers, and Crusaders’ market is open to the general public.
By JNi.Media
Rare burial complex may throw new light on life in Tiberias in the Roman period, 2,000 years ago.
The winepress was found in the largest water reservoir in the Tzippori National Park.
By JNi.Media
A skull slashed by a sword and palm bones from approximately 1,000 years ago discovered in a cave in the Jerusalem hills.
By JNi.Media
This year in the Galilee, thousands of students have been excavating and organizing the first “smart trail," in which dozens of stones on the trail will transmit information and activities to hikers’ mobile phones.
By JNi.Media
The gardener Dekel Ben-Shitrit, who gave the unusual object to the National Treasures Department, will receive a good citizenship certificate from the Israel Antiquities Authority National Treasure Department.
By JNi.Media
The earliest evidence of the arrival of eggplants in this Israel has come to light in the City of David, the archeological site of ancient Jerusalem: A 1,100-year-old refuse pit found in Israel Antiquities Authority excavations in the Jerusalem Walls National Park reveals dietary habits in the Early Islamic period.
Learn about the latest archaeological find – 8 more rows of the supporting Western Wall of the Second Temple and a Roman era theater-like structure when Eve Harow interviews Archaeologist Tehilla Leiberman today on Rejuvenation.
By JNi.Media
Construction of the Shelby White and Leon Levy Lod Mosaic Archaeological Center is underway to display world-class archaeological finds inside a modern complex.
By JNi.Media
The Greek inscription mentioning the Byzantine emperor Justinian was exposed on a mosaic floor in a room that was probably used as a hostel for pilgrims.
By JNi.Media
This important and magnificent synagogue was the center of study of the Vilna Gaon. In recent weeks, a delegation of archaeologists has uncovered two of the compound's ritual baths.
By JNi.Media
The discovery provides fascinating evidence of the central place of ritual purity in the daily lives of Galilean Jews during the time of the Second Temple.
By JNi.Media
The wealth of the Judaean kingdom's capital is manifest in the ornamental artifacts.
By JNi.Media
The textiles date to King Solomon’s reign, in the Iron Age (eleventh–tenth centuries BCE), and some are decorated with a red-and-blue bands pattern.
By JNi.Media
'The rings, bracelets and earrings – some of which are made of bronze and silver – appear to have been accidentally dropped during cooking in the kitchen of an ancient tower.'
By JNi.Media
The famous Battle of Karney Hittin that was fought on July 4, 1187, resulting in the defeat of the Crusader Kingdom by Saladin's army, was a direct outcome of the events in Tiberias.
By JNi.Media
These old wells are not very difficult to discern, because of the palm trees that grow around them and the fact that they are surrounded by thick, flourishing aquatic flora.
By JNi.Media
On the Occasion of Jerusalem Day, the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Nature and Parks Authority revealed evidence of the last battle of Jerusalem from 2,000 Years Ago.
The manager of the excavation says the stone is a “rare and very special discovery” since only about ten similar slabs from this period have been found.
By JNi.Media
Israeli students discovered rifle cartridges and shell fragments left by the British and Ottoman armies.
By JNi.Media
The project is being implemented as part of realizing the vision of 3 million tourists in Caesarea by the year 2030, and is becoming an important tourist-economic anchor for the residents of the region.
By JNi.Media
A rare and impressive array of ritual baths and underground systems used by rebels during the Bar Kokhba Revolt.
By JNi.Media
The surprising find was discovered in excavations of the Israel Antiquities Authority before the construction of Highway 200.
By JNi.Media
'The ancient road passed close to the Israel National Trail and we believe that it will spark interest among the hikers.'
By JNi.Media
What makes this dolmen so unique is its huge dimensions, the structure surrounding it and, most importantly, the artistic decorations engraved in its ceiling.
By JNi.Media
'No one can argue with the written artifact. There was an ancient synagogue here and the synagogue was built in its current form in recent centuries.'
By JNi.Media
'This is one of the most exciting archaeological discoveries, and the most important in the last 60 years, in the caves of Qumran.'
By JNi.Media
A new path running among two-thousand year old ritual baths that were used by pilgrims visiting the Temple Mount is to be inaugurated at the Ophel site in the Walls Around Jerusalem National Park.
By JNi.Media
The robberies are carried out aggressively and in broad daylight. Unique legal issues between the IDF and the PA also make law enforcement difficult.
By JNi.Media
A pendant discovered in Sobibór bears close resemblance to one owned by Anne Frank.
By JNi.Media
Who was Hyrcanus, whose name is engraved in Hebrew on a 2,100-year-old stone bowl from Jerusalem?
Three grave robbers were caught as they were raiding a burial cave excavation in northern Israel, stealing precious artifacts.
By JNi.Media
The familiar seal of sultan Abdul Hamid II, builder of Jaffa's clock tower, is once again on display on the city’s famous landmark.
By JNi.Media
The coin bears on one side a vine leaf and the statement 'Freedom of Zion.' On the opposite side it bears a standing cup and the statement 'Second year of the great rebellion' – the year 67 CE.
By JNi.Media
“It literally happened on the last day of the excavation, when right in front of our eyes and the of the thrilled students, an unusual ceramic vessel c. 18 cm high was exposed, bearing the image of a person."
By JNi.Media
Judge Marzel ruled that the potential personal harm to the archeologists and their research justifies concealing their names.
Dr. Irit Ziffer identified a pendant with an eight-pointed star as representing both Ishtar, the Mesopotamian East Semitic goddess of fertility, love, war, sex and power, as well as the Chinese moon god of the Akkadian culture.
By JNi.Media
In a complex enforcement operation, IAA inspectors seized a papyrus with the earliest reference to Jerusalem in an extra-biblical document, dating back to the time of the Kingdom of Judah.
The Israel Antiquities Authority talk about the newly discovered Papyrus.
By JNi.Media
Bidders are required to agree to place the object on public exhibition, as per a stipulation by the Israel Antiquities Authority, which designated the artifact a "National Treasure" of Israel.
By JNi.Media
Fascinating evidence of breaking through Jerusalem’s Third Wall at the end of the Second Temple period was discovered in an excavation where the new Bezalel campus will be built.
By JNi.Media
Among the many artifacts on display will be breathtaking mosaics, laboratories for the treatment of artifacts, the Dead Sea scrolls, intriguing, 7,000 year-old objects, and an audiovisual presentation projected in the National Treasures center.
By JNi.Media
A scientific research paper further unveils the unique technological methods used for revealing the biblical text in an ancient scroll dated back to late antiquity.
By JNi.Media
As part of a project being led by the IAA and aimed at educating young people about their past, dozens of boys and girls were engaged in the challenging work of unearthing the coastal city’s past.
Israeli archaeologists will present to the public the new evidence recently uncovered of the truth of the Biblical kingdom of David.
By JNi.Media
Among the many artifacts is a hand grenade that was common in Israel during the Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk periods.
By JNi.Media
For the first time since the Holocaust the famous tunnel used by the prisoners of Ponar to escape from the Nazis had been located using new technologies for underground predictive scanning.
The ancient oil lamp is dated to the 12th century AD (early Crusader period).
“Antiquities robbers and the unlicensed antiquities dealers will very quickly come to understand that they have no one to sell the stolen antiquities to.”
By JNi.Media
The plan’s first excavation is currently underway in the Cave of the Skulls in Nahal Tse'elim, with the assistance of numerous volunteers.
By JNi.Media
A large merchant ship carrying a cargo of metal slated for recycling encountered a storm at the entrance to the harbor and drifted until it smashed into the seawall and the rocks.
Vandalizing a archeological site is a serious criminal offense.
By JNi.Media
MK Ahmad Tibi said that the new street names are part of the “ongoing attempts to Judaize Al-Quds [Jerusalem].”
An Israeli antiquities authority worker walks inside the Israeli Antiquities Authority storage facility in Beit Shemesh. Who knows what's hidden in there.. The Lost Ark?
While building in Arnona, a 2000-year-old Mikvah was found, but what was found in the Mikvah was even more interesting...
"Who Are You, Eshbaʽal Ben Beda?" The fourth inscription revealed so far dating to the Kingdom of Judah.
Widening "Highway 1" has unearthed the church, oil lamps, a mosaic floor and mother-of-pearl shells.
A Jerusalem jogger stumbled over an ancient wine press that hadn't been there before. The Israel Antiquities Authority was stumped...
Three Israeli Caving Club hikers found the cache in a stalactite cave in northern Israel.
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1)
The archeological treasures in the Rockefeller Museum of Jerusalem can now be accessed online.
By JTA
This discovery was first announced in JewishPress.com in April 2013. The longest water tunnel ever discovered in Israel is being excavated in Jerusalem, near the train station in the southern part of the city. Both the tunnel and a stone column head at its opening, belonging to a state structure dating back to the kings […]
Development of a modern highway has unearthed the discovery of an Islamic period fountain in a private garden outside the richer ares of Old Ramla, near the airport.
August 14, 2026 
