Archaeology

More evidence of ancient Jewish presence in the Land of Israel: 1,700-year-old gravestones uncovered.

The researchers analyzed a sample of 53 chopping tools from Revadim, looking for use-wear traces and organic residues.

"It should be noted that in our region, almost only men were depicted in figurines as riding horses, while women were carved in the context of fertility, motherhood, and sexuality."

As part of a project being led by the IAA and aimed at educating young people about their past, dozens of boys and girls were engaged in the challenging work of unearthing the coastal city’s past.

This year in the Galilee, thousands of students have been excavating and organizing the first “smart trail," in which dozens of stones on the trail will transmit information and activities to hikers’ mobile phones.

Jerusalem archaeologists have unearthed an access road leading from the Kidron Valley and Shiloah Pool to the Temple Mount,

An uncovered broken clay pitcher embedded in a layer of reddish ashes completes the story of the devastation of Shiloh.

Researchers studied the management of the ancient garbage sites.

The aim of the Israelis, according to this group, is to transform these areas into segregated prayer enclosures and synagogues for Jewish women.

Cavemen? Not really…

The rich mosaic design may be proof that the synagogue was transformed from a place dedicated to learning, to a place of prayer for the entire local community.

The Muslim Brotherhood regime is ignoring the “systematic” destruction of Antonopoulos, one of Egypt’s biggest archaeological sites, the Egypt Independent reported Monday. Monica Hanna, a...

The plan’s first excavation is currently underway in the Cave of the Skulls in Nahal Tse'elim, with the assistance of numerous volunteers.

The Hanukkah commandment is to light the candles at the front door, or in a window overlooking the street, so they may be seen by passersby, as an announcement of the miracle.

Mazar directed excavations in the City of David and the Temple Mount’s southern wall.

Rare burial complex may throw new light on life in Tiberias in the Roman period, 2,000 years ago.

One of the most important rules when it comes to discoveries at sea is to leave the find in place.

This was probably an administrative site built to control the surrounding farmsteads during the Assyrian period.

Military correspondence from the First Temple period was found on the reverse side of a well-studied artifact at The Israel Museum.

18 ft. high fortifications dating back to the 8th century BCE were discovered in the harbor of the ancient Philistine city.

Bringing the desecrated remains to rest . . . reaffirmed the unbreakable bond between the Jewish People, the Land of Israel, and Jewish history and heritage.

The excavation discovered for the first time evidence of Jewish daily life in the ancient city.

'No one can argue with the written artifact. There was an ancient synagogue here and the synagogue was built in its current form in recent centuries.'

Hundreds of ancient finds, including rare bone and ivory artifacts from the biblical period, were seized.

Police were looking for illegal weapons, instead they found an archaeological treasure trove.

The Byzantine convent was first excavated twenty years ago and was later covered up to protect it.

By Ilanit Chernick In an exciting and rare find announced on the eve of Chanukah, a small ceramic pomegranate dating back to the times of...

An intact oil lamp was discovered in the City of David's Pilgrimage Road.

"The mystery only thickened when we found the second facility to the south."

Fragile pages of possibly the world's oldest Qur'an could pre-date the birth of Islam's founder, prophet Mohammed.