Tag: Israel Antiquities Authority
Arab looters damage ancient Jewish archaeological site
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,...
Oldest-ever inscription of ‘Jerusalem’ found on pillar
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...
Antiquities Authority experts to determine fate of dislodged rock from Western Wall
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
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...