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Rubble from the looting of Horvat Devora. Source: IAA Unit for the Prevention of Antiquities Robbery.

Arab looters damage ancient Jewish archaeological site

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A 2,000-year-old antiquities city near Afula were damaged by two antique robbers with a backhoe loader, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority Unit for the Prevention of Antiquities Robbery. The excavation site of Horvat Devora,...
The oldest discovered inscription of “Jerusalem” found to date, unveiled in October 2018. Credit: Danit Levy, Israel Antiquities Authority.

Oldest-ever inscription of ‘Jerusalem’ found on pillar

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A pillar from the Second Temple period bearing a three-line inscription was unveiled at the Israel Museum on Tuesday, the earliest stone inscription of the full modern Hebrew spelling of “Jerusalem.” “Hananiah son of Dodalos...
Workers remove by crane a large chunk of stone dislodged from the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City at the mixed-gender prayer section on July 25, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Antiquities Authority experts to determine fate of dislodged rock from Western Wall

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The 2,000-year-old slab of rock that dislodged from a section of the Western Wall on Monday, nearly crashing down on a 79-year-old woman at prayer, was removed from the area by crane two days later. An official...

220-pound stone falls out of the Western Wall, narrowly missing a woman at prayer

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A woman praying in the egalitarian prayer plaza was narrowly spared from death on Monday morning when a 220-pound stone fell out of the Western Wall and plummeted to the ground. A woman—the only person...