Imprint discovered along with a deep 1,000-year-old rock-hewn moat near the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City. "The archaeological finds enable us to visualize the dramatic events and the upheavals that the city underwent," Israel Antiquities Authority Director Eli Escuzido says.
The eggs were found at a campsite in the Negev that was used by desert nomads since prehistoric times.
The latest coin in the hoard dates to 170 BCE, the year it was hidden and the year the Maccabean rebellion began.
Fish remains discovered at the Gesher Benot Yaakov archaeological site indicate that humans were cooking their food much earlier than previously estimated.
The item, an ivory comb, was found in southern Israel and bears the inscription "May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard."
Magnetic field reconstruction matched battle sites to Egyptian, Aramean, Assyrian and Babylonian military campaigns recounted in the Bible against the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
The items were inside a cache uncovered hidden in a wall during an archaeological excavation at the site of the ancient city of Banias.
The quarter-shekel piece with palm branches and a wreath is dated to the Great Revolt that culminated with the destruction of the Second Temple.
The script is composed of four torn lines that begin with the words "To Ishmael send...," which indicates that it's a fragment of a letter containing instructions to the recipient. "It joins only two other documents from this period in the Israel Antiquities Authority Dead Sea Scrolls collection," one official says.
Ivory was one of the most expensive raw materials in the ancient world, even more precious than gold, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority.