February 26, 2015
9:33 pm

New IS video shows militants smashing ancient Iraq artifacts (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)

Video shows Iraq jihadis destroying 3,000 year old ‘idols’

Archaeology professor calls Islamic State campaign to destroy ‘heretical’ relics in Mosul a catastrophe

By AP

February 18, 2015
10:06 am

A man looks at The Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, on May 24, 2010. The Israel Museum is receiving a donation of Greco-Roman artifacts from two New York Philanthropists. (Photo credit Abir Sultan/Flash 90)

NY antiquities collection donated to Israel Museum

Hundreds of artifacts, including an extensive ancient glass collection, to go on display this summer

By Ula Ilnytzky

February 17, 2015
8:34 pm

Gold coins found off the coast of Caesarea by divers (photo credit: Clara Amit, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority)

Massive trove of ancient gold coins found off coast

Largest find ever, of over 2,000 coins dating back 1,000 years, uncovered by divers near Caesarea after storm; more treasure believed waiting

By Times of Israel staff

February 12, 2015
9:24 pm

Ancient pot uncovered during Wednesday's storm (photo credit: courtesy Israel Antiquities Authority)

Storm uncovers massive Byzantine pot on beach

Archaeologists brave weather to save dolium dating back 1,500 years, estimate more items will be uncovered

By Times of Israel staff

February 11, 2015
7:37 pm

Over 100 neolithic “cult sites” containing sexual carvings, graves and human-like figures dating back roughly 8,000 years have been found in the southern Israeli Eilat Mountains. (photo credit: Uzi Avner/Daily Mail screen capture)

Ancient sexual ‘cult sites’ discovered near Eilat

Findings, including 8,000-year-old stone phallic structures, provide new insight into desert Neolithic societies

By Times of Israel staff

February 6, 2015
5:08 pm

Israeli archaeologist Yoram Haimi, right, has been warning of threats to important historical artifacts at the Sobibor death camp in Poland, September 2013. (Courtesy of Yoram Haimi/JTA)

No new building on mass graves, say Sobibor activists

Gas chamber discovery at the Nazi extermination camp spurs calls to review museum project

By Cnaan Liphshiz

February 1, 2015
5:48 pm

A clay tablet from 572 BCE, the earliest known text documenting the Judean exile in Babylonia, now on display at the Bible Lands Museum (photo credit: Ardon Bar-Hama courtesy of The Bible Lands Museum)

‘By the rivers of Babylon’ exhibit breathes life into Judean exile

Never-before-showcased clay tablets documenting the first diaspora go on display at Jerusalem’s Bible Lands Museum

By Ilan Ben Zion

January 28, 2015
8:14 pm

A skull fragment found at the Manot Cave in northern Israel belonging to the oldest known anatomically modern human who migrated out of Africa (photo credit: Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel staff)

Ancient skull found in north sheds new light on journey out of Africa

55,000-year-old fragment discovered in cave near Nahariya a ‘connecting link’ between ancient and modern humans

By Ilan Ben Zion

January 22, 2015
5:01 am

Egyptian special forces stand next to the funeral mask of King Tutankhamun in its glass case in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (photo credit: AP/Tara Todras-Whitehill, File)

Tut’s beard glued back on after fall

Hasty epoxy fix after cleaning accident damaged relic, conservators say

By Brian Rohan

January 5, 2015
8:07 am

The Giza Pyramids, near Cairo, Egypt, March 30, 2006 (photo credit: Melanie Fidler /Flash90)

Tomb of pharaonic queen found in Egypt

Khentakawess III is believed to have been the wife of Neferefre, who reigned over 4,500 years ago

By AFP

December 31, 2014
3:40 pm

Coins confiscated from a suspected antiquities thief's home in Beit Shemesh, December 2014 (photo credit: Unit for the Prevention of Antiquities Robbery of the Israel Antiquities Authority)

Antiquities thief busted with over 800 ancient coins

Beit Shemesh man caught while prowling archaeological site with metal detector; found to have immense trove of currency, necklaces, seals, arrowheads and more at his home

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 30, 2014
4:50 pm

Detail from 'Noli me tangere' by Titian, c. 1512, depicting a meeting between Jesus and Mary Magdalene. (public domain via wikipedia)

‘Lost Gospel’ depicts a married political activist Rabbi Jesus

Simcha Jacobovici and Barrie Wilson’s bestseller portrays a Jesus married to Canaanite priestess Mary Magdalene, who, after the crucifixion, founds the Church of the Gentiles

By Michael Posner

December 23, 2014
6:30 pm

A stone with a menorah engraving unearthed in Magdala, on the shores of the Sea of Galilee (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/CC BY SA-3.0)

Synagogue where Jesus may have preached unearthed

From the web Christian group discovers rare structure on coast of the Sea of Galilee, DPA reports

December 16, 2014
2:52 am

House of David inscription, part of the “Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age” exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Photo credit: Meidad Suchowolski)

Ancient rock adds evidence of King David’s existence

Stone slab with earliest reference to House of David, on display at Met, said to be ‘one of the most important Biblical artifacts ever found’

By Menachem Wecker

December 14, 2014
11:35 pm

A tourist takes a picture of two colossal statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III in Egypt's famed temple city of Luxor, December 14, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Radwan Abu Elmagd)

Colossal statue of Amenhotep III unveiled in Egypt

43-foot bust of Pharaoh was toppled in an earthquake some 3,000 years ago in Luxor

By AFP

Topic: archaeology

Video shows Iraq jihadis destroying 3,000 year old ‘idols’

Archaeology professor calls Islamic State campaign to destroy ‘heretical’ relics in Mosul a catastrophe

NY antiquities collection donated to Israel Museum

Hundreds of artifacts, including an extensive ancient glass collection, to go on display this summer

Massive trove of ancient gold coins found off coast

Largest find ever, of over 2,000 coins dating back 1,000 years, uncovered by divers near Caesarea after storm; more treasure believed waiting

Storm uncovers massive Byzantine pot on beach

Archaeologists brave weather to save dolium dating back 1,500 years, estimate more items will be uncovered

Ancient sexual ‘cult sites’ discovered near Eilat

Findings, including 8,000-year-old stone phallic structures, provide new insight into desert Neolithic societies

No new building on mass graves, say Sobibor activists

Gas chamber discovery at the Nazi extermination camp spurs calls to review museum project

‘By the rivers of Babylon’ exhibit breathes life into Judean exile

Never-before-showcased clay tablets documenting the first diaspora go on display at Jerusalem’s Bible Lands Museum

Ancient skull found in north sheds new light on journey out of Africa

55,000-year-old fragment discovered in cave near Nahariya a ‘connecting link’ between ancient and modern humans

Tut’s beard glued back on after fall

Hasty epoxy fix after cleaning accident damaged relic, conservators say

Tomb of pharaonic queen found in Egypt

Khentakawess III is believed to have been the wife of Neferefre, who reigned over 4,500 years ago

Antiquities thief busted with over 800 ancient coins

Beit Shemesh man caught while prowling archaeological site with metal detector; found to have immense trove of currency, necklaces, seals, arrowheads and more at his home

‘Lost Gospel’ depicts a married political activist Rabbi Jesus

Simcha Jacobovici and Barrie Wilson’s bestseller portrays a Jesus married to Canaanite priestess Mary Magdalene, who, after the crucifixion, founds the Church of the Gentiles

Synagogue where Jesus may have preached unearthed

From the web Christian group discovers rare structure on coast of the Sea of Galilee, DPA reports

Ancient rock adds evidence of King David’s existence

Stone slab with earliest reference to House of David, on display at Met, said to be ‘one of the most important Biblical artifacts ever found’

Colossal statue of Amenhotep III unveiled in Egypt

43-foot bust of Pharaoh was toppled in an earthquake some 3,000 years ago in Luxor

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