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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 346

ancient Israel

Excavations of a unique ancient installation at the Givati Parking Lot dig in the City of David, Jerusalem, August 2023. (Kobi Harathi/City of David)
August 30, 2023, 2:14 pm
Researchers baffled by unique, mysterious Jerusalem structure from First Temple era
Channels unearthed in City of David site, last in use around 9th century BCE, likely formed part of city’s economy due to location near temple and palace
By Michael Horovitz
View of an arch in Caesarea's ancient Roman aqueduct that collapsed on August 18, 2023. (Muhammad Khater/Israel Antiquities Authority)
August 18, 2023, 3:33 pm
2,000-year-old arch in Caesarea aqueduct collapses; official: ‘We sounded the alarm’
Antiquities Authority issues angry statement saying repeated pleas for preservation work at famous site were ignored, warns Acre’s aqueduct faces even greater danger of ruin
By ToI Staff
Textile finds from the Nahal Omer site in the Arava region in southern Israel, prepared for analysis in the laboratory (Israel Silk Road Project/Nofar Shamir)
January 19, 2023, 1:46 pm
First evidence of unknown ancient ‘Israeli Silk Road’ uncovered in Arava trash dump
Results from sifting 1,600-year-old garbage during a first excavation season at Nahal Omer suggest luxury goods from East were in high demand in the 8th century CE, researchers say
By Tobias Siegal
An AI-generated illustration of an ancient king reading the Torah to an assembly of Jewish men, women and children, in keeping with the commandment of hakhel. (Image generated by DALL-E via JTA)
October 11, 2022, 12:24 pm
An ancient, Torah-reading assembly during Sukkot gets a 21st-century revival
The Jewish ritual of hakhel, where men, women and children gathered in Jerusalem to hear the king read Torah passages, is now inspiring Jews worldwide
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Image of the Tel Gezer National Park, burnt by fires that broke out on July 4, 2022. (Roy Strauss/Nature and Parks Authority)
July 17, 2022, 5:09 pm
Government approves millions to restore archaeological site scorched by blaze
Lapid says repairing Tel Gezer is ‘most basic duty’ of government after damage caused to several historic elements of national park earlier this month
By Michael Horovitz
800,000-year-old flint tools found at the Evron Quarry in northern Israel. (Zane Stepka)
June 13, 2022, 10:49 pm
Old flame: Israeli researchers find evidence of fire use nearly 1 million years ago
Using advanced AI tech, Weizmann Institute team reveals some of the oldest use of controlled fire, says research could open window into lives of early humans
By ToI Staff
Herod’s calcite-alabaster bathtub found in Kypros fortress (Prof. Amos Frumkin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
May 17, 2022, 4:48 pm
Alabaster for Herod the Great’s lavish bathtubs traced to quarry in Israel
Daughter-father scientific study rules out Egyptian quarries and shows ancient Holy Land industry was potentially much more developed than previously thought
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
An ancient bronze fork found at Korazim National Park, believed to be from the Talmudic period (Ahia Cohen-Tavor/Nature and Parks Authority)
April 22, 2022, 6:17 pm
Girl finds rare ancient fork at 1,500-year-old dig site near Sea of Galilee
Members of the public participate in work to uncover ancient Jewish village at Korazim, also uncover an elaborate earing
By ToI Staff
A view of the archaeological site at Tel Tsaf, in the Jordan Valley (Courtesy University of Haifa)
December 21, 2021, 2:25 pm
First evidence of social beer consumption found in 7,000-year-old Israeli town
Archaeologists say discovery at Tel Tsaf in the Jordan Valley is first known instance of alcohol being imbibed inside a community in the ancient Middle East
By ToI Staff
Remains of a 2,000-year-old syngagogue found in Migdal. (University of Haifa)
December 12, 2021, 6:14 pm
Second ancient synagogue found in Migdal alters ideas of Jewish life 2,000 years ago
Archaeologists says existence of two houses of worship in same town shows need for religious social focal point other than the existing Temple in Jerusalem
By Stuart Winer
The first building ever discovered in Yavne from the Sanhedrin era. (Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority)
November 29, 2021, 2:25 pm
In first, Sanhedrin-era building found in Yavne, where sages fled Temple’s ruin
Israel Antiques Authority says structure contained items identified with Jewish community of 2nd century CE; cemetery nearby poses riddle over who is interred
By Stuart Winer
An ancient stone weight, marked as being two-gerah that was discovered near the Old City of Jerusalem. (Eliyahu Yanai, City of David)
September 2, 2021, 9:45 pm
Stone cold sting: Ancient Jerusalem weight points to a 2,700-year-old hustle
Ancient ‘two-gerah’ stone dug up near Old City found to weigh over three times the amount inscribed on its surface; archaeologists assess it was used to cheat in trading
By Stuart Winer
At the site of the Ziklag dig with Saar Ganor. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
February 20, 2021, 7:32 am
Tour ‘King David’s onetime home,’ the 10th century BCE biblical city of Ziklag
A sprawling hilltop encampment between Hebron and Ashkelon dating back to ancient times looks down upon forests, fertile farmland, and fields of blooming wildflowers
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Ancient olive pits found off the coast of Haifa, believed to be some 6,600 years old (Courtesy University of Haifa)
February 3, 2021, 4:38 am
Rewriting history, evidence of olive consumption 6,600 years ago found off Haifa
Discovery of pits in ancient submerged structures predates previously known use of olives for food by 4,000 years
By ToI Staff
A tombstone of a Christian woman who lived 1,400 years ago, found at Nitzana National Park in the Negev (Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority)
January 9, 2021, 7:51 pm
‘Blessed Maria who lived immaculate life’: Ancient tombstone found at Negev park
Park worker at Nitzana stumbles upon 1,400-year-old Christian woman’s stone with Greek inscription
By ToI Staff
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