Bar Kochba was latecomer to Second Century revolt, researcher says It would be “extremely surprising” if the best historical source “forgot or did not know who were the Jewish leaders of this war which devastated the area,” writes Haggai Olshanetsky, a University of Warsaw historian and archeologist. Menachem Wecker Dec. 16, 2024
Siege of Masada lasted just weeks, researchers say In recent decades, researchers have begun to challenge the idea that the battle lasted three years. JNS Staff Sept. 5, 2024
Israeli boy finds 1,800-year-old ring on Mount Carmel The ring depicts the Roman war goddess Minerva, known to the Greeks as Athena, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority. July 17, 2024
Evidence found in Israeli street of the last Jewish revolt against Rome The little-known Gallus Revolt in 351-354 C.E. saw Lod, Tzipori and Tiberias destroyed. June 16, 2024
Roman-era sarcophagus unearthed in Gaza The necropolis contains more than 60 tombs. Pesach Benson July 18, 2023
Swimmer finds 1,800-year-old marble artifacts near Netanya The Roman-era ship sank in a storm along with architectural elements likely intended for a temple or theater. May 15, 2023
Jews could have kept kosher, Passover in ancient Roman army, per new paper The Roman military may have made dispensations on Shabbat as well. Menachem Wecker April 4, 2023
Jerusalem burial cave yields 1,800-year-old gold against evil eye Young girls were interred with jewelry dedicated to the Roman goddess Luna. April 3, 2023
Elaborate Roman mosaics make way back to new Israeli museum Archaeologists trace the mosaics to an upscale villa in the third or fourth centuries after Lod became the Roman city of Diospolis. June 27, 2022