Archaeology
News and features about archaeological finds linking stories from the Torah and Prophets, or other historical events to the State of Israel
The scrolls, discovered starting in 1947, include the oldest known copies of large portions of the Hebrew Bible.
Project Qumran seeks scientific testing of surviving samples from a 1992 Dead Sea excavation that researchers believe may be remnants of biblical “Ketoret.”
The ancient Huqoq community was centered on a synagogue showcasing the most impressive mosaics ever uncovered in Israel.
“We can begin to reconstruct not only how tools were made, but also how technological knowledge moved between regions and how it changed along the way,” said Dr. Gadi Herzlinger of the University of Haifa.
“The government is showing that Jewish heritage will not be allowed to fall into the hands of people who want to erase our history and identity,” Jewish Community of Hebron representative told JNS.
A €2.5 million European Research Council grant will fund an international effort led by the University of Groningen and the Israel Antiquities Authority to trace where the ancient manuscripts came from.
A Bar-Ilan University researcher argues that a cultic stone found at Tel Eton could provide archaeological proof of religious change in Judah during the First Temple period.
“In the last 30 years, nothing on this scale, at this level of preservation, has been found. The excitement is tremendous,” said excavation director Avishag Reiss.
Researchers say traces of repeated fire use deep inside South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave suggest early human ancestors were harnessing naturally occurring fires far earlier than previously confirmed.
Archaeologists excavating at Ancient Shiloh uncovered three well-preserved Middle Bronze Age storage jars, days before the site’s annual wine festival.
“Here, we have the possibility of excavating the remains of this culture in a single layer.”
According to the NGO, Palestinian Authority works have harmed four adjacent plots at Khirbet Farsin.
