Tag: Erez Ben-Yosef
TAU Researchers Discover Millennia-Old Magnetic Field Recordings Teach Us about Today’s Magnetic Field
Burnt archaeological flints enable us to determine the strength of the Earth's magnetic field during prehistoric periods.
Israeli Archaeologists Offer Glimpse into King David and King Solomon’s Wardrobe
"The color immediately attracted our attention, but it was hard to believe we had found true purple from such an ancient era.”
Ancient Copper Smelting Workshop Unearthed in Be’er Sheva
The copper vessels that were produced were not useful but had a symbolic significance.
Scientists Pinpoint Earth’s Magnetic Field on Av 9, 586 BCE, Reveal Immensity of Jerusalem’s...
The long memory of the Jewish People in the service of science.
TAU Unprecedented Archaeological Study Shows Egyptians Made Edom a Copper Superpower
Copper, used in ancient times to produce tools and weapons, was the most valuable resource in the Ancient Near East.
Evidence of Plant Dyes Found in King Solomon Era Textiles
The textiles date to King Solomon’s reign, in the Iron Age (eleventh–tenth centuries BCE), and some are decorated with a red-and-blue bands pattern.
3,000-Yr-Old Timna Valley Gatehouse Dates Back to Kings David and Solomon [video]
Tel Aviv University archaeology team confirms donkey stables, livestock pens in Timna date back to the time of Kings David and Solomon.