Tag: Naama Sukenik
‘Lucky’ Bronze Oil Lamp Uncovered in City of David’s Pilgrimage Road Excavations
The first discovery of its kind in Jerusalem and one of the few in the world.
Judaean Desert Dig Yields fragments of Biblical Scroll, Millennia-Old Child’s Skeleton, and World’s Oldest...
The scroll, which is written in Greek, includes portions of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets, including the books of Zechariah and Nahum.
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.”
3,000-Year-Old Purple Dye Industry Revealed Near Haifa
The most prestigious clothes in this era were dyed with the famous purple (Hebrew: argaman and techelet), produced from the glands of maritime snails of the Murex snail family.
One of Oldest Wicks in the World Uncovered
A microscopic examination showed the wick was made of linen, which Mishnah Shabbat cites as a high quality wick.
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.
3,600-Year-Old Jewels Found in Judean Foothills
Dr. Irit Ziffer identified a pendant with an eight-pointed star as representing both Ishtar, the Mesopotamian East Semitic goddess of fertility, love, war, sex and power, as well as the Chinese moon god of the Akkadian culture.
