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
Looters arrested for illegal digging at West Bank archaeological site
Authorities stopped the criminals at an archaeological site south of the Peduel settlement in the West Bank.
Earliest evidence of ancient blood vengeance discovered in Jerusalem hills
A thousand-year-old skull tells a terrible story.
A biblical story retold
The relic, which is currently on display, is part of the Genesis Apocryphon, which contains a description, in Aramaic, of the lives of Noah, Abraham, Enoch and Lamech.
Bones never lie
How evolutionary medicine impacts modern medical understandings.
Rare coin from ancient Jewish Bar Kokhba revolt discovered in cave
The coin is believed to have been minted between the third and fourth year of the Bar Kokhba revolt (136-134 CE).
Archeological study reveals unique 35,000-year-old culture
The bones were processed to have grooves appearing in a fixed area on the bone. It is reasonable to assume that this was a unique item of the local culture.
Elementary school pupils dig up a piece of Jewish history
“These pieces of the oil lamp that was found are important for us because they are a good representation of quality craftsmanship from that time."
Coins from destruction of Second Temple found in time for Passover
“A discovery like this—ancient coins bearing the words ‘Freedom’ and ‘Redemption’—found right before the Jewish Festival of Freedom—Passover—begins is incredibly moving.”
Haifa scientists uncover the bizarre role of Negev’s Byzantine pigeon
‘Dropping by’ to fertilize the soil
Dead Sea Scrolls go to Denver
In addition, 620 artifacts dating from the biblical period to the end of the Bar-Kokhba Revolt will be on display, including a three-ton stone from the Western Wall.
