Tag: Israel Antiquities Authority
Archaeologists Baffled by Jerusalem Discovery Dating Back to Biblical Kings
By Pesach Benson • 30 August, 2023
Jerusalem, 30 August, 2023 (TPS) -- In a discovery that is baffling archaeologists, an unprecedented channel installation dating...
Rare Half-Shekel Coin From Jewish Revolt Against Rome Discovered
By Pesach Benson • 26 July, 2023
Jerusalem, 26 July, 2023 (TPS) -- A rare 2,000-year-old coin dating back to the Jewish Revolt against Rome was discovered...
2,000-Year-Old Financial Record Unearthed on Jerusalem’s Pilgrimage Road
By Pesach Benson • 17 May, 2023
Jerusalem, 17 May, 2023 (TPS) -- Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority uncovered a remarkable financial record dating...
Suspects Caught Red-Handed Trying to Rob 2,000-Year-Old Archaeological Site in Northern...
By Pesach Benson • 15 May, 2023
Jerusalem, 15 May, 2023 (TPS) -- Israeli authorities caught five suspects red-handed trying to rob a 2,000-year-old antiquities site in...
Israeli Archaeologists Emotional Over 75-Year-Old Compass Found at Battle Site
By Pesach Benson • 24 April, 2023
Jerusalem, 24 April, 2023 (TPS) -- It’s easy for archaeologists to detach themselves from ancient finds, but the...
Touted Darius inscription is inauthentic, Israel Antiquities Authority clarifies
The government body confirmed that an expert, who created the inscription as an educational tool, accidentally left it at the dig site.
BY ETGAR LEFKOVITS
(March 3,...
Ancient Coins From Maccabean Period Discovered in Judean Desert Cave
By Pesach Benson • 13 December, 2022
Jerusalem, 13 December, 2022 (TPS) -- Days ahead of the Hannukah holiday celebrating the Jewish revolt against Greek rule, the...
World’s largest Byzantine commercial wine factory uncovered in Israel
The complex was capable of producing and selling more than two million liters of premium wine a year.
By Donna Rachel Edmunds, World Israel News
A...
Ancient treasures recovered: Thousands of stolen antiquities found in major bust
Israel Antiquities Authority says ‘spectacular and rare’ artifacts seized from smuggling network were stolen from graves in Mediterranean Basin, Africa, and South America
By TOI STAFF
The...
A Fortified Building from the Time of King David is Discovered...
The complex was exposed in archaeological excavations carried out by the
Israel Antiquities Authority, prior to the construction of a new neighborhood
in Hispin by the...