Israel archeology
West Bank, Gaza antiquities bill raises international law concerns, legal adviser warns Knesset
The comments came as lawmakers prepared to advance the legislation on West Bank and Gaza antiquities toward final votes in the committee.
Heritage Minister taps INEXTG CEO Esther Shreiber for next IAA director, first woman in role
Discovery off Israel’s coast reveals earliest known 2,600-year-old shipment of raw iron
Israel digs up the West Bank – and reignites a battle over history
Researchers believe they dug up 2,700-year-old seal of doomsday prophet Isaiah
The 2,700-year-old clay relic was found at the foot of the southern wall of Temple Mount.
Man arrested for looting 150 Byzantine-era coins from archeological sites
Theft of relics is punishable by up to four years in prison.
Israeli scientists discover earliest modern human fossils outside Africa
Jawbone puts Homo sapiens migration 50,000 years earlier, say researchers.
University of Haifa researchers decipher mysterious Dead Sea Scroll
“An important peculiarity of the present discovery is the fact that the [Qumran] sect followed a 364-day calendar."
Seal from First Temple Period found at Kotel supports biblical accounts
The new find supports the biblical rendering of the existence of a governor of Jerusalem 2,700 years ago, says archeologist.
New archeological exhibition tells a story of an ancient city in Israel
A mikva was dating from the 1st century AD to the 7th century CE, indicating the existence of a Jewish settlement during the Roman period between the 1st-3rd centuries BCE.
Archeological exhibit shows the end of paganism in Israel
Chronicles society that worshipped Greco-Roman gods to one that adopted Christian faith.
'Unveiling Jerusalem' Pierre Rehov's new film debunks UNESCO's revision of History
New film looks into the history of Jerusalem's holy sites and examines the archeology being used to buttress modern political narratives.
Artifacts from 1,500-year-old monastery and church unearthed in Beit Shemesh
Well-preserved Byzantine-era colored mosaic floors and imported marble antiquities discovered.
Jerusalem of gold, the capital of Israel
