Byzantine

Nahariya's Byzantine church hit by Hezbollah rocket reopens to public after four months

At the time, the IAA had shared with The Jerusalem Post that only the site's modern, protective structure had been damaged in the strike.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Man cleaning the Byzantine-era mosaic in Nahariya, taken in 2022; file photo.
Igor Miholjek, head of research, Croatian Conservation Institute, Department of Underwater Archaeology, shows the gold buckle decorated with rubies, emeralds, and pearls, which they found in a Byzantine shipwreck near Polace on the island of Mljet, Croatia, July 21, 2026.

Byzantine gold artifacts help archaeologists uncover past of ship wrecked off Croatian coast

His team, equipped with diving gear, has spent the past decade slowly uncovering the history of the ship, whose wreckage lies near the Adriatic island of Mljet.

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Egyptian archaeological mission discovers Byzantine era city in Dakhla Oasis, July 6, 2026.

Mudbrick Byzantine city unearthed during excavations at Egypt's western desert oasis

The discovery helps “highlight the cultural diversity witnessed by the Egyptian oases throughout different historical periods," said Egyptian Tourism and Antiquities Minister Sherif Fathy.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Samson carrying the gates of Gaza on his shoulders, the original mosaic from Huqoq is on display in the exhibition at the Yigal Allon Center, July 9, 2026.

Secrets of Huqoq: New Galilee exhibit premieres mosaics, coins found at ancient Jewish settlement

The ruins of the ancient settlement of Huqoq, which reached its peak during the Roman-Byzantine period, sits in the heart of the Amiad Forest in an open space near a spring of the same name.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Palestinian envoy to UNESCO: Pressure Israel to return 'stolen' artifact

In July, COGAT officials located the font near the city of Bethlehem, together with the Bethlehem District Coordination and Liaison Office and the cooperation of the Etzion Regional Brigade.

OCTOBER 31, 2020ByZACHARY KEYSER
5th century baptismal font recovered by COGAT on July 20, 2020.

Byzantine church discovered in Banyas nature reserve

According to scholars, the church, which used pagan architecture, was founded on the site when Christianity became the official religion in Israel in the fourth century CE.

OCTOBER 28, 2020ByHANNAH BROWN
A church from the Byzantine period dating to around 400 CE discovered in the Banias Springs Nature Reserve.

How did Jews get by under Byzantine rule?

A look at surprising Jewish pastimes in past times

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020ByALEX WINSTON
Zodiac- a mosaic on the floor of the ancient synagogue in Ancient Tzipori. Tzipori - also known by its Greek name Sepphoris - is the site of a rich and diverse historical and architectural legacy that includes Assyrian, Hellenistic, Judean, Babylonian, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, Crusader, Arabic an

Hundreds of 1,100-year-old solid gold coins found in central Israel

"With a sum [of cash] like this, a person could buy a fancy house in one of the best neighborhoods in Fustat, the rich capital of Egypt at the time."

AUGUST 24, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli archaeologist Shahar Krispin cleans gold coins, said by the Israel Antiquities Authority to date to the Abbasid dynasty, after its discovery at an archaeological site in central Israel

Inscriptions in Byzantine-era church intrigue archaeologists

Who was the ‘glorious martyr’? A magnificently decorated Byzantine-era church uncovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority has shed light on the tradition of Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

NOVEMBER 28, 2019ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKY
The site of the church exposed in Ramat Beit Shemesh