Archaeology
News and features about archaeological finds linking stories from the Torah and Prophets, or other historical events to the State of Israel
The discovery, made by the Mount Zion Archaeological Project, confirms accounts of the fall of the Fatimid city in 1099 C.E. to the forces of the First Crusade.
After years of searching and speculation, researchers think they have finally located the Philistine city where David hid from King Saul prior to ascending the monarchy.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman responded to accusations by the Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry: “Fake News: ‘Friedman uses sledgehammer to destroy wall under Palestinian homes.’ Real News: ‘Friedman uses sledgehammer to break ceremonial cardboard wall to open once-in-a-century archaeological discovery.’ ”
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After discovering a unique way to isolate yeast from ancient pottery—and together with a local brewer—the Israeli archaeologists and microbiologists produced high-quality beers that modern drinkers can enjoy.
The pro-Israel rights group Regavim reported that local farmers told their activists that “the sarcophagi from which the bones were removed had recently ‘disappeared.’ ”
The marker is one of three discovered in 2018 in the small agricultural town of Moshav Ramot in the Golan Heights.
The site, dated from the first century C.E. until the Bar-Kochba Revolt in 135 C.E., also appears to contain underground hidden passageways used by the Jewish rebels.
Hikers who visited the site were appalled by what they found: Human remains were strewn everywhere, the catacombs were thoroughly ransacked and looted, and the sarcophagi (burial caskets) that had been resting in the caves for more than 2,500 years had disappeared.
The surprise discovery was lauded as empirical evidence of the veracity of Jewish accounts of their history in Jerusalem.
A ritual bath was found in the area in 1994; a Hasmonean coin in 2007.
Called “Bes-Vessels,” such jars were very common during the Persian period, according to archaeologists.
