Archaeology
News and features about archaeological finds linking stories from the Torah and Prophets, or other historical events to the State of Israel
“Only the fixed Jewish presence of a farm or town will prevent further damage or destruction,” activist group says.
The artifact, a “sandal candle” dating from the Byzantine period, was found in a field, partially buried in mud.
Was it looted by the Romans and taken to Rome to be depicted on the Arch of Titus? If so, is it still kept in the cellars of the Vatican?
“It’s very exciting to encounter the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV ‘face-to-face’, almost 2,200 years after the events of Hanukkah,” says IAA researcher.
The 424 slingstones from the Early Chalcolithic period point to organized preparation for battle.
The small desert kibbutz of Nir Oz, within sight of the Gaza border, was among the hardest hit on Oct. 7 assault: One in every four residents was either killed or kidnapped.
Teams of archaeologists from the state-run Israel Antiquities Authority have so far identified 10 victims of Hamas’s massacre in southern Israel.
HonestReporting Canada had notified the Royal Ontario Museum about the offensive nature of certain references in an exhibit of women artists from the Islamic world.
The artwork is by the 19th-century Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele.
The Palestinian Authority has been paving roads as part of a project for 32 housing units on the ruins of what many believe to be Joshua’s biblical altar on Mount Ebal.
The Christian epigraph paraphrases part of Psalm 86.
The 2,300-year-old tomb was found aside the capital’s Hebron Road.
