Tag: Judean Desert
2,200-year-old coins first evidence in Judean desert of Maccabean revolt
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...
Stunning fairytale locations in Israel
A fairytale location, says Israeli photographer Noam Chen, “is someplace you find yourself disconnecting from the troubles of the world, just drowning in the beauty and serenity of the place and forgetting about everything else.”
The...
Dozens of Dead Sea Scroll fragments with biblical verses discovered in Judean cave
Israeli archaeologists announced on Tuesday that dozens of Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing biblical verses were discovered during a national archaeological operation in the Judean Desert.
The scroll fragments are written in Greek and feature...