Archaeology
News and features about archaeological finds linking stories from the Torah and Prophets, or other historical events to the State of Israel
Magnetic field reconstruction matched battle sites to Egyptian, Aramean, Assyrian and Babylonian military campaigns recounted in the Bible against the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
Archeologists discover charcoal inscription by Swiss noble Adrian von Bubenberg on a wall on Mount Zion.
“Arteology: The Power of the Ancients in Contemporary Form” is on display in an underground cistern next to the 2,000-year-old foundation stones of the Western Wall.
The 1,400 year old cache was uncovered hidden in a wall during an archaeological excavation at the site of the ancient city of Banias.
The coin, minted in 69 C.E. during the Great Jewish Revolt against Rome, is valued at more than $1 million • “This coin is evidence of the eternal bond between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel,” says Israeli ambassador to the United Nations.
The “Ishmael Papyrus,” which had been in Montana since 1965, was tracked down by the Israel Antiquities Authority
Also found was a seal impression, some 2,700 years old, reading, “Natan-Melech servant of the king.”
The British Council was one of the museum’s early supporters and was still sponsoring initiatives at the museum as late as 2021.
The species was much larger than African elephants; humans hunted them for food or symbolic purposes.
At the City of David National Park, excavations from the ancient past come to life in a series of astounding discoveries.
In an extraordinary chance discovery, archeologists have uncovered a 2.5-meter-long prehistoric elephant tusk in the south of Israel.
Skeletons found at the bottom of a well in Norwich likely belonged to the victims of a historically documented 12th-century massacre of Jews in the city.
