1,300-year-old industrial hub uncovered during bus terminal construction in Ramat Gan
A routine salvage excavation ahead of the construction of a new bus terminal in Ramat Gan revealed a…
Beach worker searching for lost items finds rare 2,500-year-old Cypriot coin
A municipal employee searching for lost jewelry on the beach in Ashdod instead uncovered a rare 2,500-year-old coin…
Rare well-preserved Iron Age wood offers evidence of First Temple’s destruction in Jerusalem
Archaeologists have discovered wooden beams believed to have been burned during the destruction of the First Temple in…
‘Wondrous’ Roman busts unearthed in ancient winepress in northern Israel
Archaeologists excavating near the coastal town of Binyamina recently unearthed two remarkably well-preserved marble busts from the ancient…
‘A time capsule’: Israeli cave sealed for millennia sheds light on obscure prehistoric clan
A cave in northern Israel that was sealed for hundreds of thousands of years has revealed a treasure…
Knesset panel fast-tracks West Bank antiquities bill seen as de facto annexation
The Knesset Education, Culture and Sports Committee is racing to advance a controversial bill seeking to establish the…
How ancient seeds are rewriting the history of biblical-era trade with Arabia
Biblical history is being rewritten thanks to recent radiocarbon dating of a few grains of cereal. New research…
Knesset advances controversial West Bank antiquity bill in first reading
A controversial bill creating a new civilian authority in charge of antiquities in the West Bank was approved…
Eight-year-old boy finds 1,700-year-old statuette fragment while hiking in Negev
A fragment of a refined statuette from Roman times, believed to be some 1,700 years old, was found…