Western Wall undergoes annual pre-Passover checkup
To ensure the safety of visitors, engineers and archaeological conservators track the condition of each and every stone, in accordance ...
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Ancient dirty martini? Humans have been eating olives for over 6,000 years, new research shows
While ancient olive pits recovered from the Hishuley Carmel site off the coast of Haifa bear similarities to wild olives, ...
After lockdown, new attractions await visitors to Herodian
Israel Antiquities Authority reports that decade-long conservation project has restored an ancient theater, Herod's royal guest house, and a monumental ...
Mosque dating back to dawn of Islam excavated near Sea of Galilee
Katia Cytryn-Silverman of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem says mosque indicates a tolerance for other faiths by early Islamic leaders.
Who was wearing royal purple at King Solomon's mines?
Archaeologists working in southern Israel find Bronze Age cloth fibers colored with purple dye that was so hard to produce ...
'Hanukkah miracle' at archeological dig sparks cries of joy
Volunteer Naomi Meir unearths glass candlestick dating from the Roman-Byzantine period during dig at Tel Usha in northern Israel.
Roman-era oil lamp workshop discovered near Beit Shemesh
Among the hundreds of intact ceramic oil lamps were two bearing the symbols of the menorah.
Byzantine-era church on Golan Heights likely replaced Greek temple
Archaeologists are confident that church replaced open-air temple that was dedicated to the god Pan.
A wine-tasting postponed 2,000 years
Cutting-edge scientific techniques could soon allow us to sample the same wines King Herod drank, but it's not certain we'll ...
2-shekel weight from First Temple era appears in archaeological debris
Weight dating back 2,700 years was used by men and women in ancient Jerusalem before the advent of silver coinage.