Archaeology
News and features about archaeological finds linking stories from the Torah and Prophets, or other historical events to the State of Israel
A construction vehicle was confiscated after an inspector found that the Palestinian Authority had begun paving roads on the ruins of the historic site.
Such a move would constitute “blatant interference in a conflict in which it is not its role to intervene,” said MK Dan Illouz.
The site is set to be open to the public next week.
Established in 1872, it dominated the skyline of the Old City’s Jewish Quarter until its destruction after the Jordanian Army captured the Old City during Israel’s 1948 War of Independence.
The system concentrated spring water in the Bethlehem area and transferred it to Jerusalem by taking advantage of topography, the laws of gravity and large pools.
He was an “archaeology giant” and a “modern-day king of Hazor,” say colleagues.
The State Department has declined to address the controversy around possible loan to D.C.'s Museum of the Bible.
The 3,800-year-old monumental structure at Tel Shimron is the first of its kind to be found in the southern Levant.
The Jewish house of worship was part of the ancient Greek city of Phanagoria.
The excavation at Tel Erani unveiled not only the 5,500-year-old gate but also a portion of a fortification system dating to the Early Bronze Age.
Families visited Tel Maresha in Beit Guvrin, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Israel’s Lachish region.
The collection will “enrich the cultural approach of Jewish museums in the world,” per the Fundación Hispanojudía.
