June 20, 2017
4:59 pm

Some 2,500 schoolchildren and volunteers of all ages from Modiin, Israel, have so far participated in the excavation of Tittora. (Vered Bosidan, Israel Antiquities Authority)

School pupils help find 900-year-old Crusader jewelry trove

With some 2,500 school children and local volunteers, it takes a village to excavate Modiin’s Tel Tittora Crusader fortress

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

June 19, 2017
4:31 pm

The Spring Citadel was excavated in the City of David National Park by dozens of researchers led by Professor Ronny Reich of the University of Haifa and Eli Shukrun of the Israel Antiquities Authority and dated to 3,800 years ago. (City of David)

Carbon dating undermines biblical narrative for ancient Jerusalem tower

Fortified City of David tower was previously thought Canaanite; leading Tel Aviv U archaeologist says study’s First Temple dating not conclusive

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

June 14, 2017
11:14 pm

A collage including the verso of Arad Ostracon No. 16. (A) color (RGB) image; (B) MS image corresponding to 890 nm; (C) manual drawing (facsimile) of the proposed reading. Hollow shapes represent conjectured characters. (Courtesy Tel Aviv University)

Revolutionary technology reveals dazzling ‘hidden’ text on biblical-era shard

Pottery from almost 3,000 years ago found to feature previously unseen rare First Temple Hebrew writing; other finds from same era now also to be reinvestigated

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

June 12, 2017
1:24 pm

One of the antiquities robbers caught in a sting operation near Tzippori during the weekend of June 10, 2017. (Israel Antiquities Authority)

Hiker helps stop antiquities-robbing gang in northern Israel

Caught in action after a foot chase, two out of three thieves taken to Nazareth for investigation

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

June 9, 2017
11:54 am

Two juvenile skeletons lie with their heads at opposite ends at the North Tombs Cemetery at Egypt's Amarna site. (Mary Shepperson/Courtesy of The Amarna Project)

In ancient mass graves, archaeologists find child slaves of biblical Egypt

New findings at Amarna, the capital of an eccentric ‘monotheistic’ king, indicate a disposable juvenile labor force. Could there be a connection to the Hebrews?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

June 8, 2017
12:49 pm

In this image from video posted on a social media account affiliated with the Islamic State group on Thursday, February 26, 2015, militants destroy a winged-bull protective deity in the Nineveh Museum in Mosul, Iraq. (AP via militant social media account, File)

Jewish-American artist to exhibit ancient statue in London

Sculptor Michael Rakowitz, grandson of Iraqi Jewish emigres, to show replica of Assyrian sculpture destroyed by Islamic State group

By Tracy Brown

June 8, 2017
2:05 am

Undated artist rendering shows two views of a composite reconstruction of the earliest known Homo sapiens fossils from Jebel Irhoud (Morocco) based on micro computed tomographic scans of multiple original fossils (Philipp Gunz/Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology via AP)

Homo sapiens 100,000 years older than thought

Groundbreaking fossil discovery in Morocco sheds light on origin of our species, may re-organize the human evolutionary tree

By Laurence COUSTAL and Mariëtte Le Roux

June 7, 2017
2:28 pm

The lower limbs of a Neanderthal exposed at the open-air site of Ein Qashish, on the banks of the Kishon River in northern Israel (Erella Hovers, courtesy of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Who are you calling a caveman? Israeli study finds Neanderthals had versatile habitats

Analysis of remains from 60,000 years ago found at Ein Qashish questions a bedrock narrative of humanity’s ancestors

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

May 28, 2017
11:33 pm

A bird's eye view of the Tower of David Museum, about to undergo a $30 million renovation (Courtesy Naftali Hilger)

Tower of David plans renovation, connecting east and west

The historic Jerusalem museum will gain an auditorium and classrooms, using excavations under Jaffa Gate

By Jessica Steinberg

May 25, 2017
9:38 pm

Nahshon Szanton holding a ballista stone that was apparently catapulted during the siege of the Jerusalem, while standing on an ancient street being excavated. (Shai Halevy/courtesy Israel Antiquities Authority)

Ancient war for Jerusalem echoes as stones and arrowheads uncovered

New findings on ancient street confirm 1st century historian‘s account of Roman routing of Jewish rebels in 70 CE

By Sue Surkes

May 25, 2017
10:03 am

This file photo taken on March 31, 2016 shows the remains of the destroyed Arc du Triomphe in the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria. (AFP/Joseph Eid)

New database charts 20,000 at-risk archaeological sites in the Middle East

Islamic extremism and other destructive factors create a perfect storm of endangered culture in the bedrock of civilization

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

May 24, 2017
1:36 am

Moshe Dayan at the Temple Mount, June 7, 1967 (Ilan Bruner / GPO)

New Six Day War artifacts hint at a battle on the Temple Mount

Bullets, shell casings discovered in rubble and examined by the Temple Mount Sifting Project raise questions about fight for Judaism’s holiest site during the 1967 war

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

May 13, 2017
5:48 pm

Egyptian Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Enany (C) speaks to the media on May 13, 2017, in front of mummies following their discovery in catacombs in the Touna el-Gabal district of the Minya province, in central Egypt. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)

17 mummies found in ancient Egyptian burial site

Antiquities ministry hails ‘unprecedented’ discovery in south Cairo necropolis as a boost to struggling tourism industry

By Haitham el-Tabei

May 11, 2017
11:42 am

Antiquities recovered in a police raid on a Palestininan home in Beit Ula, near Hebron on May 10, 2017. (Police Spokesperson)

Police recover stolen ancient coins, lamps, other antiquities near Hebron

Some items dated to Hellenistic period over two millennia ago; trove said valued at tens of thousands of dollars

By Jacob Magid

April 26, 2017
10:03 pm

An Iraqi-modified T-72M tank belonging to the pro-government Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary forces advances towards the UNESCO-listed ancient city of Hatra, southwest of the northern city of Mosul, during an offensive to retake the area from Islamic State (IS) group fighters, on April 26, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

Iraqi forces seize ancient site of Hatra from IS

Full extent of terror group’s damage to well-preserved ruins at UNESCO world heritage site unclear

By Ahmad Al-Rubaye

Topic: archaeology

School pupils help find 900-year-old Crusader jewelry trove

With some 2,500 school children and local volunteers, it takes a village to excavate Modiin’s Tel Tittora Crusader fortress

Carbon dating undermines biblical narrative for ancient Jerusalem tower

Fortified City of David tower was previously thought Canaanite; leading Tel Aviv U archaeologist says study’s First Temple dating not conclusive

Revolutionary technology reveals dazzling ‘hidden’ text on biblical-era shard

Pottery from almost 3,000 years ago found to feature previously unseen rare First Temple Hebrew writing; other finds from same era now also to be reinvestigated

Hiker helps stop antiquities-robbing gang in northern Israel

Caught in action after a foot chase, two out of three thieves taken to Nazareth for investigation

In ancient mass graves, archaeologists find child slaves of biblical Egypt

New findings at Amarna, the capital of an eccentric ‘monotheistic’ king, indicate a disposable juvenile labor force. Could there be a connection to the Hebrews?

Jewish-American artist to exhibit ancient statue in London

Sculptor Michael Rakowitz, grandson of Iraqi Jewish emigres, to show replica of Assyrian sculpture destroyed by Islamic State group

Homo sapiens 100,000 years older than thought

Groundbreaking fossil discovery in Morocco sheds light on origin of our species, may re-organize the human evolutionary tree

Who are you calling a caveman? Israeli study finds Neanderthals had versatile habitats

Analysis of remains from 60,000 years ago found at Ein Qashish questions a bedrock narrative of humanity’s ancestors

Tower of David plans renovation, connecting east and west

The historic Jerusalem museum will gain an auditorium and classrooms, using excavations under Jaffa Gate

Ancient war for Jerusalem echoes as stones and arrowheads uncovered

New findings on ancient street confirm 1st century historian‘s account of Roman routing of Jewish rebels in 70 CE

New database charts 20,000 at-risk archaeological sites in the Middle East

Islamic extremism and other destructive factors create a perfect storm of endangered culture in the bedrock of civilization

New Six Day War artifacts hint at a battle on the Temple Mount

Bullets, shell casings discovered in rubble and examined by the Temple Mount Sifting Project raise questions about fight for Judaism’s holiest site during the 1967 war

17 mummies found in ancient Egyptian burial site

Antiquities ministry hails ‘unprecedented’ discovery in south Cairo necropolis as a boost to struggling tourism industry

Police recover stolen ancient coins, lamps, other antiquities near Hebron

Some items dated to Hellenistic period over two millennia ago; trove said valued at tens of thousands of dollars

Iraqi forces seize ancient site of Hatra from IS

Full extent of terror group’s damage to well-preserved ruins at UNESCO world heritage site unclear

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