Israel archeology

Israeli archaeologists launch project to trace origins of ancient pottery

The project, launched by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), aims to trace the origin of thousands of ceramic vessels even when the kilns where they were fired have long vanished.

Israelis families display pieces of pottery found while volunteering at an excavation at Tel Maresha at the Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park on Aug. 6, 2023.
The dramatic mountaintop site rising 650 meters above the Jordan Valley

Israeli archaeologists uncover remains of dramatic mountaintop royal palace

An archeologist from the Israeli Antiquity Authority at the site of a 2nd Temple Subterranean System Discovered at the Western Wall tunnels underneath Jerusalem's Old City

Map reveals dozens of ancient quarries hidden beneath modern Jerusalem

The 12,000-year-old Natufian clay figurine from Nahal Ein Gev II, depicting a woman leaning forward and a goose enveloping her (accompanied by an artistic reconstruction).

Figurine unearthed near Sea of Galilee reveals earliest human–animal connection


Seal from First Temple Period found at Kotel supports biblical accounts

The new find supports the biblical rendering of the existence of a governor of Jerusalem 2,700 years ago, says archeologist.

The clay sealing from the First Temple Period.

New archeological exhibition tells a story of an ancient city in Israel

A mikva was dating from the 1st century AD to the 7th century CE, indicating the existence of a Jewish settlement during the Roman period between the 1st-3rd centuries BCE.

Masks of Dionysus and Ariadne uncovered at the Castra site.

Archeological exhibit shows the end of paganism in Israel

Chronicles society that worshipped Greco-Roman gods to one that adopted Christian faith.

An anti-indigestion talisman (left) combined with pendants with various animals.

'Unveiling Jerusalem' Pierre Rehov's new film debunks UNESCO's revision of History

New film looks into the history of Jerusalem's holy sites and examines the archeology being used to buttress modern political narratives.

Unveiling Jerusalem poster

Artifacts from 1,500-year-old monastery and church unearthed in Beit Shemesh

Well-preserved Byzantine-era colored mosaic floors and imported marble antiquities discovered.

An image of the mosaic floor.

Jerusalem of gold, the capital of Israel

The Jerusalem Post

New research challenges origins of ancient Middle East Natufian culture

A new study by a team of scientists and archaeologists now proposes the Natufian’s had far more diverse and complex origins than originally believed.

Prof. Elisabetta Boaretto and Dr. Tobias Richter stand near a recently excavated Natufian hearth in Shubayqa, Jordan

Archeologists discover menorah inscribed on Early Islamic period coins

Evidence of Jewish-Muslim influences in early days of Islam may prove interfaith dialogue.

A Muslim coin with a menorah symbol.

Archeology in Israel as a political weapon

Emek Shaveh’s Mizrachi: When you control the past, you control the present and the future.

Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologist Eli Shukron shows an ancient seal, at an archaeological site known as the City of David in Jerusalem December 25, 2011.

First time in Israel: Ancient deer bones discovered near Sea of Galilee

The remains are estimated to be 9 million years old.

An image of the 9 million-year-old bones unearthed on the shore of the Sea of Galilee