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Rare Bar Kochba-era coin discovered at foot of Temple Mount

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In honor of Lag B’Omer, a Jewish holiday commemorating the life of anti-Roman Torah sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) on Monday revealed the discovery of a rare bronze coin...
A view of the archaeological digging site of the City of David near the Old City of Jerusalem on March 31, 2019. Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Fearing ‘end of world is near,’ Israeli returns stolen 2,000-year-old City of David artifact

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An Israeli citizen who fears the world is ending amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic recently returned to Jerusalem’s City of David National Park a 2,000-year-old catapult stone he stole 15 years ago. “The time has...
View of the new Tel Aviv-Jerusalem high-speed train seen over the HaArazim Valley (“Valley of Cedars”) just outside of Jerusalem, Dec. 22, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel plans to extend Tel Aviv-Jerusalem high-speed rail to Western Wall

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Israel’s Transportation Ministry said on Monday that it’s moving ahead with plans to build an extension of the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem high-speed line that would directly connect Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion International Airport to the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The project...
The "Tomb of the Kings" in Jerusalem, is believed to be the burial site of Queen Helena of Adiabene, a Mesopotamian monarch who converted to Judaism in the first century BCE. Credit: Library of Congress Catalog, Wikipedia Commons.

Jerusalem’s ‘Tomb of the Kings’ opens to the public for the first time in...

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French authorities have opened Jerusalem’s ancient “Tomb of the Kings” to the public for the first time in 10 years, the AP reported on Friday. Limited numbers of visitors are now being allowed to visit the site,...
The “Adoniyahu Asher Al Habayit” bulla (seal). Credit: Eliyahu Yanai, City of David.

Seal of First Temple-era royal steward found in Jerusalem

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A 2,600-year old bulla (seal) bearing a Hebrew name was uncovered recently in earth excavated in 2013 from beneath Robinson’s Arch at the foundations of the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem....
A view of the Dome of the Rock and Jerusalem's Old City as seen from the Mount of Olives on April 30, 2018. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Archaeologists find fabled Crusader moat outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls

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Archaeologists have discovered an 11th-century moat just outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls—the first hard evidence of a fabled Crusader siege against the city 920 years ago. Attested to in several historical documents, many scholars...
Aerial view of the archaeological site at Khirbet a-Ra’i, where researchers believe they have located the biblical city of Ziklag. Source: Emil Alagem/Israel Antiquities Authority.

Archaeologists announce discovery of the biblical city of Ziklag

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The Israeli Antiquities Authority, Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Macquarie University of Sydney, Australia, have announced the discovery of what they believe is the biblical city of Ziklag, the Philistine city in which according...
The City of David, Jerusalem. Photo by Noam Chen via goisrael.com.

Volunteers for Israel offers work on IDF base with tours, archaeological digs

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To support Israel in a hands-on way, North Americans can volunteer on an Israel Defense Forces’ base, participate on a premier archaeological dig and experience private touring to places off the usual tourist grid. VFI-PLUS...
The new Visitor Center in Caesarea combines artifacts with innovative displays, including a 10-minute film telling the story of Herod and the building of Caesarea projected vertically onto one of the huge vault walls, May 2019. Photo by Judy Lash Balint.

Renewal at an ancient site: Caesarea reaches out to the world

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Jerusalem and Caesarea are 85 miles apart—one inland and one on the coast—but both cities bear the unmistakable imprint of Herod, the master builder of ancient times. In Jerusalem, Herod refurbished the Second Temple,...
Professor Aren Maeir, from Bar-Ilan University’s Land of Israel studies and archaeology, models an ancient vessel and the new, recreated beer. Credit: Eliana Rudee.

A pint from the past: Israeli scientists resurrect yeast from ancient beer jugs to...

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Israeli scientists have recently provided a pint-sized glimpse into what it may have been like to have cocktails with Cleopatra and beer with the Pharaoh. This week, in a joint effort between the Hebrew University,...