Israel archeology

Archaeology under fire: Political protests threaten Israel’s heritage - opinion

The claims hurled at the conference and in general against the Heritage Ministry’s plans for historical sites in Judea and Samaria are rather baseless.

The dramatic mountaintop site rising 650 meters above the Jordan Valley
View of the ancient archeological site of Sebastia, near the West Bank city of Nablus, May 12, 2025.

West Bank, Gaza antiquities bill raises international law concerns, legal adviser warns Knesset

INEXTG CEO Esti Shrieber, tapped to be the next director of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).

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

 The Mediterranean Sea.

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


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.

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.

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

Earliest evidence of ancient blood vengeance discovered in Jerusalem hills

A thousand-year-old skull tells a terrible story.

Prof. Boaz Zissu Dr. Yossi Nagar and Dr. Haim Cohen with the skull

A biblical story retold

The relic, which is currently on display, is part of the Genesis Apocryphon, which contains a description, in Aramaic, of the lives of Noah, Abraham, Enoch and Lamech.

The Samson family just after making aliya in 1996The Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition has attracted millions of visitors over the past half century

Bones never lie

How evolutionary medicine impacts modern medical understandings.

AN ANTHROPOLOGIST at the Dan David Center for Human Evolution and Biohistory Research in the middle of an excavation.

Rare coin from ancient Jewish Bar Kokhba revolt discovered in cave

The coin is believed to have been minted between the third and fourth year of the Bar Kokhba revolt (136-134 CE).

Coins from Bar Kokhba era discovered by acheological teams in the Qibya cave 30 kilometers northwest of Ramallah as part of the "Southern Samaria Survey" project.

Archeological study reveals unique 35,000-year-old culture

The bones were processed to have grooves appearing in a fixed area on the bone. It is reasonable to assume that this was a unique item of the local culture.

Photographs of deer bones found in a cave in the Galilee

Elementary school pupils dig up a piece of Jewish history

“These pieces of the oil lamp that was found are important for us because they are a good representation of quality craftsmanship from that time."

Archeology: pieces of an 1,500-year-old ceramic oil lamp discovered by Israeli students

Coins from destruction of Second Temple found in time for Passover

“A discovery like this—ancient coins bearing the words ‘Freedom’ and ‘Redemption’—found right before the Jewish Festival of Freedom—Passover—begins is incredibly moving.”

Coins discovered in old city cave March 26, 2018

Haifa scientists uncover the bizarre role of Negev’s Byzantine pigeon

‘Dropping by’ to fertilize the soil

Yatir Forest in the northern Negev