Archaeology
News and features about archaeological finds linking stories from the Torah and Prophets, or other historical events to the State of Israel
The site in Samaria, near Nablus, is identified with that of Joshua’s altar.
Researchers claim cutting-edge digital imaging has ended a decades-old debate within the archaeological community, but many remain unconvinced.
The eggs were found at a campsite in the Negev that was used by desert nomads since prehistoric times.
The hoards date back more than 3,600 years—to the Middle Bronze Age—or about 500 years before prior estimates.
The site is expected to become one of the city’s most important historic and tourist sites.
The pool, constructed some 2,700 years ago during the reign of King Hezekiah, is believed to have been used by pilgrims before ascending to the Temple.
“The government has forsaken the country’s historic sites, the perpetrators must be prosecuted,” says the Samaria Regional Council head.
The latest coin in the hoard dates to 170 BCE, the year it was hidden and the year the Maccabean rebellion began.
The lead projectile bears the Greek inscription, “Victory for Heracles and Hauron.”
The seal appears to depict the bestowing of legitimacy on a local ruler, a scene experts say matches the geopolitical reality in the area during the Late Bronze Age, when the Canaanites were ruled by Egypt.
Fish remains discovered at Israel’s Gesher Benot Yaakov archaeological site indicate that humans were cooking food as long ago as 780,000 years.
Written on an ivory comb unearthed in 2017, the sentence comprises seven words—a spell against lice.
