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IMAGE CAPTION:These Jewish coffins from the Roman Era were found in Mashhad in the Galilee. Photo by Nir Distelfeld/Israel Antiquities Authority.

Authorities probing theft find Roman-era burial cave

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Coffins dating back to a Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire were recently uncovered in the Galilee of Israel by authorities investigating the theft of ancient artifacts. The operation took place in Mashhad, near Nazareth,...
Antiquities thieves used these tools at at the Einat Shu’a archaeological site near Nazareth. Photo by Nir Distelfeld/IAA via TPS.

Thieves caught robbing 2,000-year-old Galilee archaeological site

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Authorities caught five suspects red-handed trying to rob a 2,000-year-old antiquities site in northern Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Monday. The suspects were trying to rob a Roman-Byzantine site in the village of...
The Darius inscription. Photo: Shai Halevi, Israel Antiquities Authority

Touted Darius inscription is inauthentic, Israel Antiquities Authority clarifies

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The Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Friday that an inscription on an ancient shard uncovered in southern Israel, which it attributed earlier in the week with much fanfare to the Persian King Darius the Great, is...

Ancient ostrich eggs found in Israel shed light on early humans

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The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) recently uncovered a number of ostrich eggs dating back thousands of years during an excavation near an ancient fire pit in the Negev desert. “We found a campsite, which extends...
A 2,200-year-old cache of silver coins found in the Judean Desert. Photo by Shai Halevi/Israel Antiquities Authority.

2,200-year-old coins first evidence in Judean desert of Maccabean revolt

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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...
The 1.7-inch sling bullet is made of lead and dates to the time of the Hasmonean dynasty. Photo by Dafna Gazit/IAA.

Israeli archaeologists say 2,200-year-old sling bullet possibly linked to Hanukkah story

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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...
A 3000-year-old scarab discovered during a school field trip to Azor, located southeast of Tel Aviv, Israel. Credit: Gilad Stern/Israel Antiquities Authority.

3,000-year-old scarab found in Israel during school field trip

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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...

Graffiti of medieval knight discovered in Jerusalem

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Archeologists have discovered a fifteenth century graffiti inscription thought to be by one of Switzerland’s most admired medieval military figures, on a wall in the King David Tomb complex on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Adrian...
A Roman coin dating to Year 8 of the rule of Emperor Antoninus Pius, 144-145 C.E. Photo: Yaniv Berman/ Israel Antiquities Authority.

Rare Roman ‘goddess coin’ discovered off Carmel coast

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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...
A collection of wine jars after the restoration process. Photo by Dafna Gazit/Israel Antiquities Authority.

Ancient Jerusalem wine found to be seasoned with vanilla

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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...