Antiquities

'Nothing quite like it': UK Treasure Act names Roman carriage ornament Essex's first 'treasure'

According to the Act, archaeological finds can be given the status of Treasure if they are deemed to be of historical, archaeological, or cultural importance.

Rare Roman vehicle ornament depicting a panther with its paws atop a bearded man’s severed head discovered in Essex in 2024.
Dutch Education, Culture and Science Gouke Moes and the Egyptian Ambassador to the Netherlands during the formal handover ceremony of the stolen scultpure at the Egyptian embassy in the Hague, February 8, 2026.

Netherlands returns 3,500-year-old sculpture stolen from Egypt during Arab Spring

Antiquities robbers arrested after damaging Roman-period cave in Galilee. January 19.

Antiquities robbers caught digging in ancient Roman burial cave in Galilee

Ancient 5,000-year-old wine press and Canaanite ritual vessels found near Tel Megiddo.

Ancient 5,000-year-old wine press and Canaanite ritual vessels found near Tel Megiddo


Ancient statue from 4th millennium BCE on display for first time

The unique life-sized “The Lord of the Desert” stone stele was discovered during the taking of inventory at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem

 Lord of the Desert stele now in display at the Israel Museum

Ancient magical bowls discovered in Jerusalem home, says IAA

1,500-year-old ‘incantation bowls’ were among hundreds of items found, believed to be intended for the illegal antiquities trade.

Artifacts seized from a home in Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo neighborhood

Thousands of rare antiquities recovered in unique pre-dawn raid

Complex months-long joint operation leads to arrest of antiquities thief

 Photo of some of the confiscated relics.

Tel Aviv antique market sells Nazi memorabilia from the Holocaust

Items ranging from World War II-era SS memberships cards to swastika pins were found in one of the stands at Tel Aviv's Vintage Market in Givon Square.

A Nazi armband with a swastika displayed in the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Authorities believe looted Bar Kochba artifacts were Roman army spoils

Among the findings are typical Roman cult artifacts decorated with figures and pagan symbols, which prove that they were likely the original property of Roman soldiers.

 Bar-Kochba era artifacts seized by police on December 8th.

1,000-year-old gold-embossed Jewish books seized in Turkey

Four books and a scroll written in Hebrew and embossed with gold leaf were seized by Turkish authorities from a smuggler.

Un sefer Torah vieux de quatre siècles, trouvé dans un chantier en 2006

Ancient 1,700-year-old coins found on Israeli beach

Israel Antiquities Authority marine archeology department head Yaakov Sharvit noted the coins might have belonged to an ancient ship sailing the Mediterranean Sea.

The ancient bundle of coins found on Habonim beach in Israel.

Ancient 1,700-year-old coins found on Israeli beach

Israel Antiquities Authority marine archeology department head Yaakov Sharvit noted the coins might have belonged to an ancient ship sailing the Mediterranean Sea.

The ancient bundle of coins found on Habonim beach in Israel.

Ancient Egyptian king's boat moved from Giza pyramids

The vessel, discovered in 1954 at the southern corner of the Great Pyramid, has been exhibited for decades at a museum bearing its name at Giza Plateau. Now it's on the move to a new home.

 King Khufu's solar boat is displayed at a museum on the northern side of Khufu's Great Pyramid

Jewish souls - A rabbi’s treasures culled from around the world

Rabbi Eliahu Birnbaum has collected over the last 22 years thousands of treasures from the Jewish past.

Rabbi Eliahu Birnbaum in Venice