Israel archeology

Heritage Minister taps INEXTG CEO Esther Shreiber for next IAA director, first woman in role

Her appointment will soon be submitted for approval by the IAA’s council and the government. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
INEXTG CEO Esti Shrieber, tapped to be the next director of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).
The Mediterranean Sea.

Discovery off Israel’s coast reveals earliest known 2,600-year-old shipment of raw iron

The discovery was made in an ancient shipwreck in the Dor Lagoon near the Carmel Coast, where archaeologists recovered nine pieces of unprocessed iron known as “blooms.”

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Workers and volunteers on an archaeological dig sift through dirt at Alexandrion/Sartaba in the Jordan Valley.

Israel digs up the West Bank – and reignites a battle over history

As Israel expands excavations in the West Bank, ancient ruins become entangled in a modern political struggle over land, history, and identity

|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
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.

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.

|ByPESACH BENSON/TPS

Discovered Roman-era pool could be 'the krona of Tzipori' from Talmud

May serve as proof for the existence of a famous ancient Jewish bathing site.

DECEMBER 11, 2018ByRACHEL BERNSTEIN
The newly discovered Roman-era pool in Tzipori

Small oil lamp wick from 1,500 years ago found in ancient desert town

A unique lamp wick dating to the Byzantine period has been uncovered, according to the Antiquities Authority on Monday, the final day of Hanukkah.

DECEMBER 10, 2018ByRACHEL BERNSTEIN
Small oil lamp wick from 1,500 years ago found in Shivta, December 10th, 2018.

Battling to protect Crusader battlefield

Protesters demonstrate against plan to decommission Horns of Hattin national park.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Horns of Hittin

Battling to protect Crusader battlefield

Protesters demonstrate against plan to decommission Horns of Hattin national park.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Horns of Hittin

Israeli child unearths rare 11,500-year-old fertility figurine

Itamar Berna discovered the figurine while hiking in northern Israel.

AUGUST 30, 2018ByEYTAN HALON
Itamar Berna and the 11,500-year-old figurine

DNA study in Israeli cave sheds light on origins of Chalcolithic culture

Researchers found that migration was the key to rise and fall of the Copper Age in the region.

AUGUST 20, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Ossuary in Peki'in cave

From on high - 2,000-year-old pottery discovered in a cave on a cliff

JULY 2, 2018BySARAH LEVI
Dr. Danny Sion (right) of the Israel Antiquities Authority and Dr. Yinon Shivtiel of Safed Academic College in the cave.

Byzantine wine press uncovered at Zippori National Park

According to researchers, after the ancient water reservoir went out of use it was adapted to become a wine press.

JUNE 10, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
A Byzantine wine press discovered in Zippori in Northern Israel

Clay seal of prophet Isaiah to be unveiled at joint Israel-U.S. event

Dozens of ancient items lent to US foundation which assists in excavations.

MAY 28, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Clay seals believed to have been used by the Biblical Prophet Isaiah

Looters arrested for illegal digging at West Bank archaeological site

Authorities stopped the criminals at an archaeological site south of the Peduel settlement in the West Bank.

MAY 27, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
The archaeological site near Peduel, a settlement in the West Bank, May 27th, 2018.