Israeli girl finds ancient coin during scavenger hunt at Talmud-era village
Korazim Park director Dekel Segev praises girl for handing coin over to park authorities immediately: "The piece will be forwarded ...
Tag: archaeology
Archaeologists find tangible proof of biblical catastrophe
Earthquake that occurred in the eighth century BCE during the reign of King Uzziah was apparently one of the biggest ...
Iraq recovers its history: US returning over 17,000 looted artifacts
Items include 3,500-year-old clay tablet bearing part of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Divers identify rare find at site of ancient Egyptian sunken city
Marine archaeologists find remains of a military vessel and a funerary complex where Egypt's largest Mediterranean port once stood.
49 cisterns tell the story of the destruction of the Temple, and much more
The network of tunnels beneath the Temple Mount has been the subject of much mystery and controversy, but the cisterns ...
Seminary students dig up Second Temple finds near Beit El
Finds indicate presence of Jewish community in various periods of history.
Ancient coins could upend theories about what followed Roman sack of Jerusalem
Archaeological survey in northeast part of the Binyamin Regional Council reveals two coins that could indicate that Jews continued to ...
Modern Middle East politics meets ancient wall art near Hebron
Salvage dig to prevent Palestinian vandalism turns up Mamluk-era frescoes that archaeologist Dotan Traubman describes as "A world-class find of ...
Ancient bones from Ramle indicate 'new branch' of human evolution
Tel Aviv University physical anthropologist Israel Hershkovitz says remains found at Nesher Ramla, which date back 120,000-140,000 years, are likely ...
Ancient coexistence: Israeli research proves Neanderthals, Homo sapiens overlapped in Negev
Modern-day Israel, which lies at the limits of distribution of these two species, was the site of encounters and genetic ...