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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 490

archaeology

A bronze hoard, composed of civic coins of ‘Akko-Ptolemais, was recently found in the excavations at the Hellenistic site Khirbet el-Eika. The find was published in January 2025. (Tal Rogovski)
Hoard of coins illuminates triumphant Maccabee campaign in 2nd-century-BCE Israel
By Rossella Tercatin
A rare intact Hellenistic estate at Khirbet el-Eika in Eastern Galilee was likely abandoned by its inhabitant as Yonatan Maccabee and his army drew nearer, new research shows
Why sheep count: Lack of textile trade stymied Israel’s growth for millennia, study shows
By Rossella Tercatin
A bronze hoard, composed of civic coins of ‘Akko-Ptolemais, was recently found in the excavations at the Hellenistic site Khirbet el-Eika. The find was published in January 2025. (Tal Rogovski)
February 5, 2025, 3:38 pm
Hoard of coins illuminates triumphant Maccabee campaign in 2nd-century-BCE Israel
A rare intact Hellenistic estate at Khirbet el-Eika in Eastern Galilee was likely abandoned by its inhabitant as Yonatan Maccabee and his army drew nearer, new research shows
By Rossella Tercatin
A fragment of a rare 3,800-year-old textile, dyed with the Kermes vermilio insect. (Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority)
February 3, 2025, 9:19 am
Why sheep count: Lack of textile trade stymied Israel’s growth for millennia, study shows
During the Early Bronze Age, the Southern Levant’s inability to support mass sheep herding left the region lagging behind Syria and Mesopotamia. But literacy is key for longevity
By Rossella Tercatin
During the 2018 season excavation at the Huqoq synagogue in North Israel, archaeologists uncovered a hoard of medieval coins and jewelry, including an architectural silver ring likely made between the 6th and 8th centuries in Western Europe. (Jim Haberman)
January 29, 2025, 10:32 am
Was an ancient European ring found in Israel used as a wedding band depicting the Temple?
Unearthed at Huqoq, the artifact may represent the missing link between 1,300-year-old Merovingian rings and popular medieval Jewish nuptial bands, new research shows
By Rossella Tercatin
Left: A Roman-era boundary stone found at the site of Abel Beth Maacah in Northern Israel. (Tal Rogovsky); right: Likely head of Emperor Diocletian, Istanbul Museum of Archaeology (Wikipedia)
January 26, 2025, 5:01 pm
Roman-era boundary stone hints at a political tiff described in the Jerusalem Talmud
Unearthed in Upper Galilee, 3rd century CE artifact might prove rumored tensions between Emperor Diocletian and local population; also mentions two hitherto unknown Golan villages
By Rossella Tercatin
During the 2018 season excavation at the Huqoq synagogue in north Israel, archaeologists uncovered a hoard of medieval coins. (Tal Rogovski)
January 22, 2025, 4:35 pm
Magnificent hoard of gold and silver coins sheds unprecedented light on medieval Israel
New research examines artifacts found in 2018 in two vessels next to the synagogue at Huqoq, in an excavation led by Prof. Jodi Magness; its findings could rewrite history books
By Rossella Tercatin
The ritual structure discovered in the City of David. (Kobi Harati/City of David)
January 14, 2025, 8:15 pm
In first, researchers find where Jerusalemites prayed before Temple became only game in town
Archaeologists say unique City of David structure, which contains a standing stone, altar and other facilities, was abandoned in the 8th century BCE during a religious reform
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustrative: A caveman holds a stone-tipped spear, ready to hunt animal preys. (iStock/Getty Images)
January 9, 2025, 10:44 am
Early man ate carbs and processed food 780,000 years ago, northern Israel site shows
Analysis of basalt tools from the Hula Valley shows that Stone Age humans gathered, extracted and crushed starches from acorns, cereals, legumes and aquatic plants
By Gavriel Fiske
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 scene from Upper Paleolithic Chauvet cave, France. (Prof. Jean Clottes)
January 6, 2025, 5:18 pm
Israeli researchers devise woolly solution to enigma of why Levant has no cave art
Tel Aviv team suggests European underground paintings beseeched cosmic powers not to let megaherbivores disappear — but the creatures were already long gone in the Mideast
By Sue Surkes
Rujm el-Hiri (CC-BY SA Asaf Z/Wikipedia Commons)
January 2, 2025, 4:41 am
Mystery unsolved: Ancient Golan stone circle not an astronomical observatory after all
Geomagnetic analysis and tectonic reconstruction refute widespread theory about ‘Stonehenge of the East’; dozens of unknown structures also found near intriguing Rujm el-Hiri site
By Gavriel Fiske
Some of a cache of newly discovered Maccabi-era coins, in an image released on December 29, 2024. (Dr. Shai Bar/ Zinman Institute of Archaeology at the University of Haifa)
December 29, 2024, 9:08 pm
‘Miracle’ hoard of Hasmonean coins discovered during Hanukkah in Jordan Valley dig
Haifa University team finds cache of 160 extremely rare coins – dated to 80/79 BCE, during the reign of Judah Maccabee’s grand-nephew – near Alexandrion Fortress, north of Jericho
By Gavriel Fiske
Archaeologist Saar Ganor stands by a pillar that held up the second story of a house in the Mirsham Farmhouse archaeological site. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
December 28, 2024, 7:53 am
Come see the archaeological treasures of the Mirsham Farmhouse, buried for 2,600 years
A little to the north of Beersheba lies a First Temple-era site whose artifacts have only recently begun to be excavated
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Rare, 1,700-year-old oil lamp with Temple menorah decoration found in Jerusalem, in an image released on December 26, 2024. (Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority)
December 26, 2024, 11:02 am
Rare oil lamp with Temple menorah found from time when Romans barred Jews from Jerusalem
Intricately designed 1,700-year-old artifact was discovered intact near the Mount of Olives, will go on display in Jerusalem
By Gavriel Fiske
Assaf Agmon, center, confronts participants of a memorial conference for Zeev Erlich in the West Bank settlement of Shavei Shomron on December 25, 2024. (Courtesy: Samaria Regional Council)
December 26, 2024, 4:32 am
Family of slain soldier rages at event honoring researcher he was escorting in Lebanon
Grandfather of fallen soldier Gur Kehati lambastes local brigade commander for ‘shaming’ the IDF by attending memorial event for 71-year-old Zeev Erlich amid military investigation
By ToI Staff
Taking samples at copper production sites in the Timna Valley, in an image released on December 23, 2024. (courtesy TAU)
December 25, 2024, 1:20 am
Ancient copper smelting at ‘King Solomon’s mines’ was less toxic than today’s industry
Soil samples from Timna show that previous studies have exaggerated the environmental impact of the mining industry in antiquity, Tel Aviv University research team finds
By Gavriel Fiske
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