Archaeology
News and features about archaeological finds linking stories from the Torah and Prophets, or other historical events to the State of Israel
“As part of ‘Rakia’ mission to the International Space Station, I will be taking with me a bag filled with items that have a special meaning to me. It was clear to me that one of these items will be a symbol of Jewish history,” said astronaut Eytan Stibbe.
According to the first verse in Amos, the earthquake occurred during the time of the Kingdom of Judah in the eighth century BCE.
The new find appears to put to rest doubts about the status of previous sections of the ancient wall that surrounded Jerusalem in the First Temple Era.
An archaeological survey reveals two coins that could indicate that Jews continued to live in the Binyamin area for decades after the destruction of the Second Temple.
The 3,100-year-old letters, spelling the name “Jerubbaal,” were inked on a jug that may have belonged to the biblical judge Gideon ben Yoash.
Who says science and art don’t mix? Bar-Ilan University opens a unique museum that aims to expose visitors to the vast research possibilities in the natural sciences.
80-million-year-old shark teeth discovered in a 2,900-year-old house, nowhere near similar fossils, may have been valued as collectibles.
Discovery of a new population challenges the prevailing idea that Neanderthals originated from Europe and shows that two types of hominids coexisted.
“Even today, eggs rarely survive for long in supermarket cartons,” says Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologist Alla Nagorsky, excavation director at the site in Yavne where the rare find was discovered.
Usually associated with Christians and Gnostics, the fact that the amulet was found near an ancient synagogue in the Galilee suggests the Jews of that period also used them, say researchers.
“It is likely that the two halves of the lamps were created in the same artisan house and may even have served as a pair to one complete piece,” says Hungarian archaeologist Gabor Lassanyi.
The lamp, discovered in the foundations of an ancient building, is believed to have been a ritual offering • Only a few objects of this kind have ever been found, and never before in Jerusalem, say researchers.
