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Greek antiquities dating to the 6th and 5th centuries B.C. are displayed during a repatriation ceremony at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece, October 13, 2026, after 22 artifacts illegally removed from Greece were returned by Israel. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
October 13, 2026, 9:08 pm
In first, Israel returns artifacts to Greece amid push to secure return of antiquities
Israel hands over 22 recovered ancient objects that were apparently illegally taken, with both countries hailing increasingly close cooperation in a range of spheres
By THANASSIS STAVRAKIS and Derek Gatopoulos
Ruins of a Philistine temple in the biblical city of Gath. (Aren Maeir)
February 28, 2024, 11:09 am
Archaeologists dig up clues on Philistines from psychedelic plants in ancient temples
New study examines remains of food, seeds, flowers found in Gath that were used in ancient Greece in worship of female deities, indicating foreign influences on Philistine culture
By Ariella Oldfield
A section of the Herculaneum Scrolls that was successfully read by the Vesuvius Challenge contestants. (Vesuvius Challenge)
February 16, 2024, 4:17 pm
In breakthrough, parts of Herculaneum scroll, buried by Vesuvius eruption, deciphered
Three students crack previously unreadable ancient philosophical text with machine learning software developed to read damaged Dead Sea Scrolls
By Ariella Oldfield
The enhanced Greek undertext uncovered hidden in a Syriac text of John Climacus’ “Ladder of Divine Ascent" from 600 CE appears in red below the Syriac overtext in black. (Courtesy Museum of the Bible Collection)
November 14, 2022, 10:04 am
Researchers find first-known map of the stars, hidden under old Syriac manuscript
Scholars at DC’s Museum of the Bible uncover part of Greek astronomer Hipparchus’ long-lost map of the stars, attesting to accuracy of his measurements from over 2,000 years ago
By ToI Staff
In this undated photo released by the Pompeii archeological park, a view of the tomb located in the necropolis of Porta Sarno, in an area not yet open to the public in the east of Pompeii’s urban center. (Alfio Giannotti/Pompeii Archeological Park via AP)
August 18, 2021, 1:56 am
Skeleton of freed slave in Pompeii offers 1st proof Greek spoken there
Rare skull bearing tufts of white hair, part of an ear found in tomb; inscription identifies man as Marcus Venerius Secundio, who helped organize performances in Greek
By AP
Donald Kagan in 2013 (YouTube screenshot)
August 11, 2021, 7:32 pm
Donald Kagan, leading neo-conservative historian, dead at 89
Jewish scholar who focused on ancient Greece said he was inspired by the ‘remarkable assumption that the human being is not trivial’
By Hillel Italie
Sampling petrus bone in the Department of Archaeogenetics ancient DNA laboratory at the Max PIanck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH). (Antje Wissgott)
July 3, 2019, 9:00 pm
Know thine enemy: DNA study solves ancient riddle of origins of the Philistines
High-tech analysis finds empirical proof that the Kingdom of Israel’s biblical foes came to the Holy Land from southern Europe
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Attic red-figure column krater depicting Herakles on Mount Olympus between the Gods Greece, Classical Period, attributed to the Naples Painter, ca. 460 BCE, pottery BLMJ 4963. (Vladimir Naikhin, Bible Lands Museum)
January 26, 2017, 11:54 am
Ceramics shine light on ancient Greece, but collection’s cloudy history lurks
Rare kraters and amphorae in Borowski collection go on display at Bible Lands Museum, though some ask how items made it to Jerusalem
By Ilan Ben Zion
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