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Students on archaeology program unearth a 1,700-year-old coin

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Students from schools in the Lev Hasharon Regional Council helping on an archaeological dig on the Sharon plain have unearthed an ancient coin dating back to the year 300 C.E., among other finds. Most of...
Workers at the archeological site, the Mount Antiquities Salvage Operation in Emek Tzurim, on the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem’s Old City, Oct. 6, 2016. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90

Rare Jewish coins found in Temple Mount excavation

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Five exceptionally rare ancient coins from among the first-ever minted ones by Jews were discovered on the Temple Mount, evidence of Jewish activity at the disputed site. The small coins—three in pristine condition and two...

Discovery of Bar Kochba-era coin declared at Lag B’Omer

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As Jews across Israel and around the world celebrated Lag B’Omer, a holiday commemorating the life of anti-Roman Torah sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, Israeli authorities announced that they had found a symbol of...

Rare trove of coins dating to Jewish revolt unearthed in Jerusalem

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The Israeli Nature and Parks Authority announced that a team of archeologists unearthed a trove of rare bronze coins on Monday dating from the last years of the Roman-Jewish War (66-73 CE) in a...

Sinagoga medieval debasho de una butika en Ingletierra

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En el mundo ay algunos lugares ke verdadmente tienen una istoria djudia kuaje totalmente eskondida.  Ma de ves en kuando un jurnalisto  los topa i mo los aze saver, grasias al Internet.  Asnsina podimos...

Eighth century clay seal with ‘signature of prophet Isaiah’ found in Jerusalem

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A historic archaeological discovery near Jerusalem’s Temple Mount may be proof of the life of the biblical prophet Isaiah, according to an article in the Biblical Archaeology Review.  A broken, eighth-century BCE clay seal impression,...

2,700-year-old ‘governor of Jerusalem’ seal found

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JERUSALEM: Israeli archaeologists unveiled today a 2,700-year-old clay seal imprinted with images and Hebrew words that may have belonged to a biblical governor of Jerusalem. The round button-sized seal was found in a building in...

Ancient Israelites: society & lifestyle

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Two main social structures competed in ancient Israel.  The people were united under the monarchy, which organized the state for administrative and taxation purposes. At the same time, the Israelites held fast to their...

Landfill dig reveals ancient Jewish dietary habits

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When archaeologists dig through ancient ruins, they find remnants of such things as city walls and roads, palaces and ordinary homes, cisterns and cemeteries, coins and jewelry. They also find garbage. Sometimes on purpose. That’s...

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, is reopened

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It's one of Christianity's holiest sites -- the burial chamber where Jesus Christ is believed to have been entombed. Now following nine months of meticulous restoration, it's reopened to the devoted. Situated in the heart...