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Museum employees unpack a carved stone panel after Syrian authorities unveiled antiquities returned from France at the National Museum in Damascus, Syria, July 8, 2026.(AP/Ghaith Alsayed)
July 10, 2026, 11:48 am
France returns 23 Syrian treasures kept for 15 years due to severed ties
Artifacts flown to Damascus aboard Macron’s presidential aircraft include Roman bronze objects, Byzantine and Islamic-era pieces, mosaic panel that once adorned the Umayyad Mosque
By AP
Olga (left) and Ruslan (right) Prihodko, who were found shot dead in their car in Mishmar Ayalon, in the Judean foothills, on May 22, 2026. (Facebook)
June 4, 2026, 7:13 pm
Police backtrack, no longer suspect terror motive in double homicide last month
Ruslan and Olga Prihodko, parents to a teenager, are now said to have been killed by 17-year-old in dispute over ancient coins; four suspects remain in custody
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Colored artifacts are seen at the tomb of RabuIa, door keeper of Amun during the 18th Dynasty, after restorations help by the Zahi Hawass Foundation for Heritage and Antiquities in Luxor, Egypt, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo)
May 14, 2026, 10:27 pm
Egypt unveils two colorfully decorated, restored, New Kingdom tombs in Luxor
Burial chambers Rabuya and his son Samut from 18th Dynasty contain scenes of activities including agriculture, harvest, crafts, bread, pottery and wine production
By Sayed Sheasha
In July 2025, a group of Spanish scholars suggested that a 4th-century building in the Roman city of Cástulo in south-central Spain served as a synagogue and not as a church as previously believed. Right: An aerial view of the archaeological site. Left: The reconstruction of an oil lamp featuring a menorah found in the vicinity of the building. (Courtesy of Bautista Ceprián)
August 6, 2025, 5:57 am
Study suggests 4th-century prayer site may be one of Spain’s earliest synagogues
Oil lamps decorated with menorahs and architectural evidence uncovered in the Roman city of Castulo suggest that the building was not a church, but served as Jews’ place of worship
By Rossella Tercatin
Salome (right) with the midwife "Emea" (left), bathing the infant Jesus, is a common figure in Orthodox icons of the Nativity of Jesus; here in a 12th-century fresco from Cappadocia. (Public domain, via Wikipedia)
July 6, 2025, 10:29 am
Who was buried in Salome’s cave: A disciple of Jesus, a midwife or a Jewish queen?
New research suggests that a burial site once venerated by Christian pilgrims likely belonged to a member of Herod’s dynasty rather than a New Testament figure
By Rossella Tercatin
A display showcases a stele and multiple artifacts during a media event to announce new discoveries by an Egyptian archaeological mission at Queen Hatshepsut's Valley Temple in Deir El-Bahari on the Nile's west bank in Luxor on January 8, 2025. (Khaled Desouk/AFP)
January 8, 2025, 9:07 pm
Egypt unveils new discoveries near Luxor, including 3,600-year-old burial shafts
Archaeologists find sealed coffin, archery bows in Queen Hatshepsut’s Valley Temple, dating back to 16th century BCE, coins from 3rd century CE with image of Alexander the Great
By AP
A volunteer from the Border Police with a suspect apprehended while attempting to loot the Horbat Binit site in the lower Galilee, in an image released on December 23, 2024. (courtesy Israel Antiquities Authority)
December 23, 2024, 3:09 pm
Cops put squeeze on suspected looters at ancient olive oil complex
Four suspects, already under investigation, nabbed while attempting to loot artifacts from remote Galilee site linked to Hasmoneans
By Gavriel Fiske
An ancient tablet with an inscription of the Ten Commandments, to be auctioned in December 2024 by Sotheby's. (Screen capture via YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 13, 2024, 9:03 pm
Oldest inscribed Ten Commandments to be auctioned in December
Two-foot tall, 115 pound marble tablet is inscribed in Paleo-Hebrew, with Samaritan variant of Ten Commandments, including an injunction to worship on Mount Gerizim
By ToI Staff
A visitor at the hands-on exhibit at the National Campus for the Archeology of Israel in Jerusalem with museum guide Yehuda Maimoun. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
November 9, 2024, 8:31 am
View ancient treasures at Jerusalem’s new national archeology campus
The Israel Antiquities Authority’s brand-new digs are more than a museum. While checking out the exhibits, visitors can also watch the archaeological process unfold in real time
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Ron Cobi, a former mayor of Tiberias and a candidate for the job, stands atop a hill overlooking his city in Israel on August 22, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
September 20, 2023, 10:42 am
Local elections turn placid Tiberias into unlikely front in Israel’s societal clash
Haredi and secularist extremism, as well as the alleged involvement of a former politician with a criminal record, are muddying the lakeside city’s political waters
By Canaan Lidor
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
Illustrative: A pointer is used to follow the Hebrew written passages in the Torah. (AP Photo/ Rogelio Solis)
June 8, 2023, 9:05 pm
‘Priceless’ 18th-century Torah to be on ‘Antiques Roadshow’ UK
The Reform Kehillat Kernow congregation in Cornwall calls the incredible scroll its ‘most sacred possession’
By Michelle Rosenberg
Philanthropist Shelby White poses for a picture on the roughly 1,700-year-old Lod mosaic, ahead of the inauguration of a new visitors center she helped fund to display the prized piece in the Israeli city of Lod, June 27, 2022. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)
February 18, 2023, 1:32 am
New York antiquities trafficking unit focuses on US patron of Israeli archaeology
Shelby White has already relinquished two dozen items worth at least $20 million due to investigations
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Michelangelo's fresco 'La Creazione' ('The Creation') on the ceiling of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)
June 5, 2022, 2:32 pm
Is God circumcised? How people in ancient times viewed the Heavenly Body
In new book, Francesca Stavrakopoulou displays God as portrayed by His early worshipers: with genitals, passions, powers – and a penchant for the monstrous
By Rich Tenorio
This undated photo provided by the Fitton family shows Jim Fitton with his wife Sarijah. (Fitton family via AP)
May 15, 2022, 7:40 pm
British, German tourists deny smuggling antiquities out of Iraq
Jim Fitton and Volker Waldmann were arrested separately at Baghdad airport when found in possession of ancient pottery shards, and theoretically face death penalty if found guilty
By SAMYA KULLAB
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