'Palestinians continue to take over archeological sites in Samaria'
NGO Regavim was working on infrastructure projects near the Hermesh settlement when representatives discovered that a Palestinian family had turned ...
Tag: archaeology
Western Wall undergoes annual pre-Passover checkup
To ensure the safety of visitors, engineers and archaeological conservators track the condition of each and every stone, in accordance ...
IDF soldier finds rare Roman coin during training exercise
"The coin discovered is one of the municipal coins minted in the city of Geva," explains lecturer in classical archaeology ...
Ancient dirty martini? Humans have been eating olives for over 6,000 years, new research shows
While ancient olive pits recovered from the Hishuley Carmel site off the coast of Haifa bear similarities to wild olives, ...
After lockdown, new attractions await visitors to Herodian
Israel Antiquities Authority reports that decade-long conservation project has restored an ancient theater, Herod's royal guest house, and a monumental ...
Mosque dating back to dawn of Islam excavated near Sea of Galilee
Katia Cytryn-Silverman of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem says mosque indicates a tolerance for other faiths by early Islamic leaders.
Who was wearing royal purple at King Solomon's mines?
Archaeologists working in southern Israel find Bronze Age cloth fibers colored with purple dye that was so hard to produce ...
Baths from ancient Philadelphia dug up in modern-day Amman
Government committee to decide whether to expand excavations at the site or go ahead with an underground canal that would ...
Tool pre-dating modern humans identified in northern Israel
Stone originally discovered in the 1960s was re-examined and researchers discovered it was used to grind materials, probably soft ones, ...
Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii
Known as a termopolium, Latin for hot drinks counter, the shop was discovered in the archaeological park’s Regio V site, ...