The official structure, stuffed with significant coins and Greek papyri, was likely later transformed into someone’s grave ...

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The Judean Desert is about 800 meters above the Dead Sea and is a rock desert characterized by numerous wadis cutting through the stone, according to Tourist Israel. The ancient find provided new ...

A team of Hebrew University archaeologists excavated the site of the Hyrcania Fortress, a Second Temple ... per The Times of Israel. The Koine Greek inscription stated “Jesus Christ, guard ...

So it couldn't be the Canaanite fortress of Zion ... So this is a huge structure, the largest ever found in Israel from the ancient Israelite period. Q: What convinces you that the structure ...

A toddler unearthed an ancient treasure during a family outing in southern Israel earlier this month, officials said. While visiting the archaeological site Tel Azekah, some 50 miles southeast of ...

The artifacts, which mostly consist of Egyptian pottery, were found during a recent excavation of the ancient city of Megiddo in northern Israel. The site is said to contain over 30 layers of ...

But Ziv is the youngest child known to have discovered an ancient artifact in Israel, said Yoli Schwartz, a spokeswoman for the antiquities authority, who called the find “very exciting.” ...