Israel’s rich biblical history can be found in the country’s archaeology. The Jerusalem Post shares the latest on archaeological excavations at significant biblical and historical sites in Israel and the region.
After more than a decade of planning and three years of construction, the final part of the renewal of the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum is complete.
The historic treasures were discovered during the demolition of an old firehouse in the city of Torun.
Since 2017, a team of archaeologists from the IAA’s Prevention of Archaeological Theft unit has been systematically surveying the Judean Desert to reach valuable finds before the antiquity looters.
This is a striking new architectural concept in the city, having been excavated deep beneath the earth’s surface to adhere to height restrictions prohibiting anything taller than the Old City walls.
The figuring head is of the Roman god Mercury, a messenger god thought to be the equivalent of the Greek god Hermes.
In the systematic excavation project of the temple area in the lower city of Gath, a team from Bar-Ilan University has overseen the reconstruction of the plants used in Philistine rituals.
These artifacts highlight the early sophistication of combat strategies and connect the dots between the dawn of warfare and today's advanced defense mechanisms.
The discovery is now on exhibit at the Israel Museum, and it shows evidence of the destruction of Jerusalem 2,000 years ago.
While exploring the area around the hotel that he had been evacuated to along the Dead Sea, Nati Toyikar came across an ancient coin dating back to the Hasmonean period
A new examination of the remnants declared that it was partly a phony and urged caution in how the fossil is used in future research.