Archaeology
News and features about archaeological finds linking stories from the Torah and Prophets, or other historical events to the State of Israel
“It’s not just a display of the scrolls, which of course in and of themselves would be powerful,” but other “wow objects” leave viewers in awe, the museum’s director of exhibits told JNS.
The Dubai gathering comes as the landmark 2020 Abraham Accords continue to broaden in the wake of last month’s ceasefire in Gaza.
University of Haifa study reveals that Natufian hunter-gatherers relied on waterfowl from Ice Age marshes rather than fish in the ocean.
The 5,000-year-old factory was found along intact Canaanite ritual vessels, offering rare insight into early worship and life in the Jezreel Valley.
Sotheby’s said that the silver ritual cup set a record for most expensive ceremonial Judaic object.
Researchers are investigating the possibility that the artifact is evidence of a tax revolt, such as that of the biblical King Hezekiah against Sennacherib.
The discovery is a “powerful testament to Jewish settlement in the Golan more than 1,500 years ago, during a period when Jewish life flourished in the region,” said archaeologist Dror Ben-Yosef.
NY exhibit underscores how medieval Christians both sang songs from Hebrew Bible and persecuted Jews
“Here you sing these Psalms every day, yet on Good Friday you go out and you beat up your Jewish neighbors,” Roger Wieck, of the Morgan Library and Museum, told JNS. “I don’t have an answer for you.”
The technique, called a “technological breakthrough” by Tel Aviv University researchers, will facilitate the discovery and mapping of underground cavities, even through rock.
The 1,400-year-old hoard was discovered by a metal detector operator.
The museum’s president and CEO told JNS that he hopes visitors will learn about the Holocaust and its root causes and apply that to understanding the world today.
The coins bear the images of emperors Constantius II and Constans I, dating them to the era of the lesser-known Gallus Revolt (351-352 C.E.), the last Jewish rebellion against Roman rule.
