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Bar Kochba revolt

A hoard of bronze coins from the time of the Gallus Revolt (351-352 CE), the third Jewish revolt against the Romans, was discovered in a hiding complex lying beneath the ancient settlement of Huqoq in the Lower Galilee, in a discovery announced on September 18, 2025. (Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority)
September 18, 2025, 10:03 pm
Rare proof of Galilee’s forgotten 4th-century Jewish Revolt revealed in hidden coin hoard
22 bronze coins found secreted in Huqoq near the Sea of Galilee show Jews used subterranean hideaways during the little-known Gallus Revolt of 351 CE
By Rossella Tercatin
Dr. Asaf Gayer from the Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Ariel University, examines a cave near the Ein Gedi National Park in the Dead Sea region, featuring an ancient Aramaic inscription, possibly dated to the Bar Kochba Revolt, that was first revealed to the public in August 2025. (Asaf Gayer)
August 7, 2025, 10:31 am
‘Abba of Naburya has perished’: Unique 1,900-year-old inscription found in Dead Sea cave
Four-line Aramaic text, one of the few legible inscriptions from the era, may be tied to the Bar Kochba Revolt. The words were spotted only inches away from hidden Roman swords
By Rossella Tercatin
Four rare Bar Kochba Revolt-era coins found in the Judean Desert, in an undated photo. (Oriya Amichai/Israel Antiquities Authority)
May 16, 2025, 5:29 am
Who really led the Bar Kochba revolt? New research sheds light on rebellion’s enigmas
Recent paper suggests Jewish veterans from the Roman army may have initially led the 2nd-century Jewish war against the Romans, one of the events connected with Lag B’Omer
By Rossella Tercatin
A 1,900-year-old papyrus written in Greek has been deciphered for the first time by a group of Israeli and Austrian scholars. The artifact, renamed Papyrus Cotton, features the notes of a trial in the period leading up to the Bar Kochba revolt. (Shai Halevi, Courtesy of the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library, Israel Antiquities Authority)
January 30, 2025, 5:18 am
Fraud, forgery and sedition: 1,900-year-old papyrus records Roman trial against Jews
New research on the longest Greek papyrus from the Judean Desert ever discovered offers unprecedented insights into life in the Land of Israel in Bar Kochba era
By Rossella Tercatin
Entrance to a hiding complex at the Huqoq excavation site. (Emil Aladjem/ Israel Antiquities Authority)
March 18, 2024, 3:00 pm
Ancient Jewish revolt-era ‘safe rooms’ revealed in the Galilee
Community excavation of Huqoq village carried out with the aid of volunteers and schools; 2,000-year-old finds at site to open to the public March 29 and April 5
By Gavriel Fiske
Four rare Bar Kochba Revolt-era coins found in the Judean Desert, in an undated photo. (Oriya Amichai/Israel Antiquities Authority)
March 4, 2024, 11:33 am
Rare coin engraved with the name ‘Eleazar the Priest’ found in Judean Desert
Bar Kochba Revolt-era coin discovered along with three others and dated to 132 CE; Israel Antiquities Authority seeks volunteers for 10-day March dig in Judean caves
By Gavriel Fiske
The excavation site of a Roman Legion permanent base, at the foot of Tel Meggido, in an undated photo. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)
February 14, 2024, 2:21 pm
Buildings, roads in ‘huge, complete’ Roman-era military base revealed by excavations
Site near Tel Meggido is the only excavated Roman permanent camp in Israel; the Roman Sixth Legion, which was based there, fought against Jewish forces in the Bar Kochba revolt
By Gavriel Fiske
Archaeologists remove the swords from the rock crevice where they were hidden some 1,900 years ago in a cave in the Judean Desert. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)
December 13, 2023, 10:48 am
Swords found in Judean Desert caves ranked as most exciting archaeology story of 2023
National Geographic gives top slot to discovery of 1,900-year-old, remarkably preserved Roman blades, likely cached by Bar Kochba rebels in one of 800 caves near Dead Sea
By Gavriel Fiske
Archaeologists remove the swords from the rock crevice where they were hidden some 1,900 years ago in a cave in the Judean Desert. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)
September 6, 2023, 10:55 am
Four 1,900-year-old Roman swords found in Judean Desert, likely from Bar Kochba revolt
Apparently stolen by Jewish rebels, the incredibly well-preserved weapons are ‘an extremely rare find, the likes of which have never been found in Israel’
By Melanie Lidman
Dozens of ancient bricks manufactured by the 10th Roman Legion discovered by police in the trunk of a car in Beit Hanina, Jerusalem, May 2023. (Israel Antiquities Authority)
June 1, 2023, 11:09 am
Antiquities thief nabbed with ancient floor tiles used by destroyers of 2nd Temple
Bricks found in the trunk of a car in East Jerusalem apparently came from a bathhouse used by notorious Tenth Roman Legion some 2,000 years ago, possibly in Hebron area
By ToI Staff
Inspectors for the Israel Antiquities Authority Theft Prevention Unit with three ossuaries recovered from a burial cave in northern Israel that was nearly destroyed by construction. (courtesy Yoli Schwartz/IAA)
May 23, 2023, 2:58 pm
Family building a house in northern Israel destroys 1,800-year-old burial cave
Inspectors raid construction site where bulldozers flattened cave, find ossuaries; owner to be indicted for failing to report antiquity discovery
By Melanie Lidman
Investigators look over artifacts seized by police that likely date to the Bar Kochba revolt against the Romans. (Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority)
December 15, 2021, 8:05 pm
Stopping a suspect car, police find ancient items Bar Kochba rebels took from Romans
Detectives searching a vehicle in Jerusalem find box with rare bronze antiquities believed seized by Jewish rebels 2,000 years ago as spoils of war
By Luke Tress
Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe (right) holds a 1,900-year-old coin from the Bar Kochba revolt that he will take to space, standing alongside Eli Eskosido, Director of the Israel Antiquities Authority, August 2021. (Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority)
August 19, 2021, 8:02 pm
Israeli astronaut to take 1,900-year-old Bar Kochba revolt coin to space
As part of next year’s Rakia mission to International Space Station, Eytan Stibbe says he’ll bring along ancient artifact as a ‘symbol of Jewish history’
By Michael Bachner
Top: a coin from around 134-135 CE found in Wadi Rashash. Bottom: a coin from around 67-68 CE found at Khirbat Jib’it. Background: Wadi Rashash in the West Bank. (Tal Rogovsky, Yechezkel Blumstein / courtesy)
July 13, 2021, 12:25 pm
2,000-year-old coins hailing ‘freedom’ of Zion, Jerusalem uncovered in West Bank
Bar-Ilan University archaeologists find Great Revolt coin at Khirbat Jib’it and one from Bar-Kokhba Revolt in nearby cliffs, indicating Jewish presence further north than thought
By ToI Staff
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