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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 472

Beit Guvrin

Lee Perry-Gal, an Israel Antiques Authority zooarchaeologist, holds a rare collection of astragali dating from the Hellenistic period. (Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority)
August 16, 2022, 11:53 am
Hera help us! Rare knucklebone dice with names of gods show gaming in ancient Israel
530 so-called ‘astragali,’ dating to Hellenistic period 2,300 years ago, found in southern Israel; inscribed in Greek with names of deities Aphrodite, Eros, Hermes, Hera, and Nike
By ToI Staff
Vlad Logionov after winning the Israel Road Race Championships, on June 19, 2021 (video screenshot)
June 21, 2021, 9:58 am
Amateur cyclist, a dancer and barista, is new national champion
25-year-old Vlad Logionov, an immigrant from Ukraine, says he came to ‘surprise everyone and win’ at the weekend’s Road Race Championships at Beit Guvrin
By ToI Staff
One of the 'Human Forms' sculptures and video art images created by artist Ivo Bisignano at the Beit Guvrin National Park, open until November 1, 2020 (Courtesy Ivo Bisignano)
September 3, 2020, 11:04 am
Italian artist’s ‘Human Forms’ reopen a long-closed Beit Guvrin cave
Ivo Bisignano sought a different kind of museum to exhibit his collection of sculptures and video art
By Jessica Steinberg
The Snir stream. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
May 5, 2020, 1:10 pm
Some 20 national parks and nature reserves to open Wednesday by advance booking
Internet site for registration to open Tuesday, with visitor quotas and visit duration times to be set for each site
By Sue Surkes
The clay impression of a face used to seal 2,000-year-old documents was discovered in August 2018 at the Maresha excavations as part of a trove of 1,020 sealings. (Asaf Stern)
September 6, 2018, 2:28 pm
1,020 untouched clay sealings discovered after two millennia in hidden cave
A find of international significance in central Israel, the Hellenistic-era trove puts the ancient cosmopolitan city of Maresha ‘back on the map’
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
An aerial view of Tel Burna, a Canaanite and Israelite site near modern day Kiryat Gat. (photo courtesy Skyview)
October 20, 2014, 4:30 pm
Canaanite cult site offers up its treasures after 3,300 years
Tel Burna excavation in central Israel reveals ceramic masks that could mark shrine to storm god Ba’al
By Ilan Ben Zion
Dylan and Michael Douglas at the City of David tour (Courtesy City of David YouTube)
June 26, 2014, 5:30 pm
Dylan Douglas digs the ancient sites
The son of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones gets into archaeology on his bar mitzvah trip
By Jessica Steinberg
A cave in Beit Guvrin. (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
June 23, 2014, 6:42 pm
Beit Guvrin caves declared World Heritage Site
‘City under a city’ that bears witness to 2,000-year history joins 7 other sites in Israel on UN list
By Marissa Newman and JTA
A fire burning near Lachish. (illustrative photo credit: Flash90)
April 30, 2013, 1:01 am
Reignited blaze threatening to spread onto moshav
Over 70 fires reported across country, including at Mitkan Adam army base and in Lachish region, where two massive scorchers break out
By ToI Staff
Firefirghting teams seen fighting a blaze in the Jerusalem mountains, July 2012 (Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/flash90)
April 29, 2013, 6:25 pm
Park evacuated, roads shut as brush fire spreads
Emergency services combat flames near Beit Guvrin
By Aaron Kalman
The almond tree is blooming, especially on Tu Bishvat (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
January 24, 2013, 2:40 pm
Almond joy, it’s Tu Bishvat time
Branch out and climb a tree, chew on a carob pod, or frolic in an orchard for the Jewish Arbor Day
By Jessica Steinberg
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