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.

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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

“It sheds light on the architectural style and the function of the site, which is not mentioned by Josephus, our only historical source for the period,” Dr. Raviv, director of the excavation, said.

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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

Researchers chart 39 quarry sites from 117 excavations, shedding light on how “Jerusalem stone” built the city.

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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

At the Nahal Ein Gev II archeology site, a figurine was discovered to be the earliest item depicting human-animal interaction.

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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.

Earliest evidence of ancient blood vengeance discovered in Jerusalem hills

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

MAY 16, 2018ByARIANE MANDELL
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.

MAY 12, 2018ByBARRY DAVIS
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.

MAY 4, 2018ByMAAYAN HOFFMAN
AN ANTHROPOLOGIST at the Dan David Center for Human Evolution and Biohistory Research in the middle of an excavation.