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Israel Antiquities Authority excavation of the earliest soap factory in the country, discovered in the Bedouin city of Rahat in the Negev Desert. Credit: Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority.

1,200-year-old soap factory uncovered in southern Israel

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Israel’s earliest soap factory, dating back approximately 1,200 years, has been uncovered in the Bedouin city of Rahat, the Israel Antiquities Authority reported on Sunday. According to the report, hundreds of local youths were involved...
Ancient stone tools uncovered at a flint-knapping site near the city of Dimona in Israel's Negev Desert. Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority.

Israeli youths help uncover evidence of first human migration from Africa

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The Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Tuesday that it had uncovered evidence of an advanced flint-working technique at tool “factory” in the Negev Desert, supporting the hypothesis that the Negev was on the early...
Aerial view of the church remains. Credit: Alex Wiegmann, Israel Antiquities Authority

Israeli archaeologists unearth 1,300-year-old church near Jesus’ Mount of Transfiguration

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Israeli archaeologists have announced that they have unearthed a 1,300-year-old Byzantine-era church in the Lower Galilee in the village of Kfar Kama near Mount Tabor, which Christians believe is the Mount of Transfiguration where...
Israel Antiquities Authority excavations at the Arnona site in Jerusalem, dating back to the time of the First Temple period, reveal the remains of lasting structures, July 2020. Credit: Yaniv Berman, Israel Antiquities Authority.

Storage center in Jerusalem, 2,700 years old, dates from Kingdom of Judah

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In excavations in Jerusalem near the U.S. embassy conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority, more than 120 of some of the largest and most important collections of seal impressions stamped on jars were discovered,...
Professor Yuval Gadot from Tel Aviv University with the seal. Credit: Shai Halevy, Israel Antiquities Authority.

Excavations in Jerusalem dredge up a seal impression from after First Temple

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A double stamp impression on a bulla and a seal made of used pottery shreds discovered in the City of David may indicate that despite the plight of Jerusalem after the destruction of the...
Inside Cave 11, Qumran. Credit: Shai Halevi, Courtesy of Israel Antiquities Authority.

Using DNA technology, Israeli researchers discern new clues to piece together Dead Sea Scrolls

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Using DNA technology, Israeli researchers have uncovered new clues about the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls, providing a new glimpse into Jewish life during the final days of the Second Temple period. Researchers from...
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...
Nachshon Zenton, one of the directors of the Pilgrimage Road excavation in Jerusalem's City of David, holds a catapult projectile apparently used during the Great Jewish Revolt. Credit: Shai Halawi, Israel Antiquities Authority.

Pontius Pilate built Jerusalem’s ‘Pilgrimage Road,’ say Israeli archaeologists

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Archaeologists now believe that Jerusalem’s “Pilgrimage Road” was built by none other than Pontius Pilate, the infamous Roman governor of Judea. The ancient road in the City of David, which was preserved under the ashes...
Floor of the praying platform revealed. The base of one of the pillars is visible on the right. Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority/Jon Seligman.

Hebrew inscriptions revealed at Great Synagogue dig sites in Vilnius, Lithuania

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Hebrew inscriptions were discovered for the first time since the beginning of the excavation project to expose the Great Synagogue of Vilna, Lithuania, which was burned during the Holocaust and demolished by the Soviets. According...
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...