Archaeology
News and features about archaeological finds linking stories from the Torah and Prophets, or other historical events to the State of Israel
In Roman times, a mosaic team manager earned 150 dinars a day, while a ship’s carpenter earned only 60. But the work was backbreaking.
The inscription, which dates from the late sixth-early seventh centuries C.E., reads: “Blessed Maria, who lived an immaculate life.”
The round dolomite stone, originally discovered in the 1960s, was re-examined and led researchers to conclude that it was used to grind materials to allow hominids to maximize the resources at their disposal.
Old City digs beat Norway’s Spiral Tunnel in the International Tunneling and Underground Space Association awards.
“It’s not every day that we get to find a candle preserved in its entirety. We are all very excited,” says Ari Levy, director of excavations for the Israel Antiquities Authority.
The aim is to create a nationwide network for sharing best practices for those with special needs and disabilities at galleries and heritage sites.
Archaeologists believe the complex, discovered during construction work in Moshav Haspin, was built by the Aramean Kingdom of Geshur.
This is the first time in 50 years that a gold cache from the Fatimid period has been discovered in Jerusalem’s Old City.
According to researchers, the tiny gem seal, the third ever found in Jerusalem from the Second Temple period, was likely the property of a Jew.
According to archaeologists, the find is especially significant because the place name has been preserved to the present day despite no signs of settlement continuity being found in the area.
“How exciting, in the month of Tishrei, whose symbol is the scales of justice, to find a souvenir from the First Temple period,” says Western Wall Heritage Foundation director.
The ancient mikveh’s discovery “changes what we knew about the lifestyle of the Jews in the Second Temple period,” say excavation directors Abd Elghani Ibrahim and Dr. Walid Atrash.
