Tag: Archaeology
2,200-year-old coins first evidence in Judean desert of Maccabean revolt
Israeli archaeologists have discovered a small hoard of silver coins in the Judean Desert dating to the reign of Antioch IV, the ruler of the Seleucid Empire at the time of the rebellion of...
Israeli archaeologists say 2,200-year-old sling bullet possibly linked to Hanukkah story
Israeli researchers recently discovered a lead projectile dating from the Hellenistic period in the ancient palace at Yavne, an archaeological site in central Israel.
The 4.4 centimeter (1.7 inch) long projectile was designed to be...
3,000-year-old scarab found in Israel during school field trip
A 3,000-year-old stone scarab was recently discovered at Azor, some four miles southeast of Tel Aviv, during an eighth-grade school field trip, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Wednesday. The carvings on the scarab...
WATCH: Gold coins dating to Muslim conquest of Jerusalem found in northern Israel
A hidden cache of 44 gold coins dating from the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem was recently found during an archaeological excavation at the site of the ancient city of Banias, the Israel Antiquities Authority...
Extremely rare Judean quarter-shekel coin repatriated to Israel from the US
An extremely rare Judean quarter-shekel coin, minted by Jewish rebels fighting the Roman empire some 2,000 years ago, was returned to the State of Israel in an official ceremony in New York on Monday,...
Rare Roman ‘goddess coin’ discovered off Carmel coast
A rare 1,850-year-old bronze coin bearing the image of Roman moon goddess Luna and the Cancer zodiac sign has been recovered from the seabed off the Carmel coast in northern Israel, the Israel Antiquities...
Ritual bath dating to eve of Second Temple’s destruction uncovered near Temple Mount
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced on Wednesday that it had unearthed an ancient Jewish ritual bath (mikveh) dating back to the Late Second Temple period, or the first century C.E.
The ritual bath was...
Ancient Jerusalem wine found to be seasoned with vanilla
Researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority and Tel Aviv University were surprised to discover remnants of vanilla in 2,600-year-old wine jars unearthed in the City of David National Park in Jerusalem.
The researchers were investigating two buildings...
Prehistoric humans recycled old tools to honor ancestors
Prehistoric human beings collected and recycled old tools, possibly to preserve their ancestors’ memory, according to scientists at Tel Aviv University who examined flint tools from 500,000 years ago found at an archeological site...
1.5-million-year-old human vertebra uncovered in Israel’s Jordan Valley
Israeli archeologists have discovered a 1.5-million-years-old human vertebra—the earliest evidence of an ancient human discovered in the country, according to a report published Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports.
The study was a joint project...