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  • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943

    Area under Warsaw Ghetto poised to be named protected archeological site

    The remains of the ghetto are often excavated during repairs. If it is listed as a protected site, these remains will be guaranteed safe.

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    Suspected remains of Cervantes discovered

    Confirming Cervantes’s Leonese origins would also confirm his crypto- Jewish life.

  • Le Cardo romain de Beit Shean

    L'histoire prend vie à Beit Shean

    Amateurs d’archéologie, la ville antique romaine se doit de figurer sur votre itinéraire

  • Ophel excavation director discusses biblical discoveries, Temple Mount

    “The Ophel was built by King Solomon in the 10th century, and it was the biblical equivalent of an acropolis in Jerusalem where royalty ruled from.”

    By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

  • The reconstructed scroll in infrared

    University of Haifa researchers decipher mysterious Dead Sea Scroll

    “An important peculiarity of the present discovery is the fact that the [Qumran] sect followed a 364-day calendar."

    By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

  • Masks of Dionysus and Ariadne uncovered at the Castra site.

    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.

    By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

  • 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.

    By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

  • The menorah-inscribed stone door discovered in Tiberias, December 2017

    Ancient menorah inscribed on stone slab discovered in Tiberias mosque

    The menorah dates back to between the 2nd and 4th centuries CE.

    By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

  • Archeology in Israel as a political weapon

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

    By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

  • AN AERIAL view of the Old City of Jerusalem.

    Evidence of Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem unearthed in City of David

    "These findings depict the affluence and character of the Judean Kingdom and are mesmerizing proof of the city’s demise at the hands of the Babylonians."

    By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

  • wine press in the Negev

    1,600-year-old stone wine press found in Ramat Negev

    In the early Byzantine period, Negev wines were perceived as boutique wines and highly esteemed. Now, a glimpse into their making is possible.

    By HAGAY HACOHEN

  • THE DISCOVERY from Tel Arad that was uncovered by researchers from Tel Aviv University

    Advanced imaging reveals rare Hebrew inscription from First Temple period

    TAU researchers discover antiquity on back of pottery shard long on display at Israel Museum.

    By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

  • Bullets, cartridges and shell fragments found at the site.

    Relics from World War I battlefield unearthed in central Israel

    "These finds constitute evidence of one of the major battles that was fought in Palestine between the British forces and the Turkish forces," says IAA.

    By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

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