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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 430

Bronze Age

Aerial photograph of the IAA excavation near Beit Shemesh, in a photo released on October 29, 2024. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)
October 29, 2024, 6:34 pm
5,000-year-old site near Beit Shemesh offers clues to how cities developed in Israel
Ancient inhabitants could have been precursors to biblical Canaanites; temple building found to contain unique collection of intact miniature, ritual ceramic vessels
By Gavriel Fiske
An aerial view of the Tel Shimron excavation in northern Israel during the 2023 season. (Courtesy Eyecon)
August 17, 2023, 10:22 am
In northern Israel, massive 3,800-year-old monument stuns and stumps archaeologists
The size of an Olympic swimming pool, with vaulted ceilings that raise the topographical height of Tel Shimron by 5 meters, the delicate mud brick structure was likely barely used
By Melanie Lidman
A collection of hacksilber from Tel el-Ajjul in Gaza. (Courtesy IAA)
January 8, 2023, 4:24 pm
Newly analyzed 3,600-year-old silver pieces are 1st currency in Levant, study shows
Silver pieces from Anatolia reveal robust trade routes and the use of currency 500 years earlier than previously thought, University of Haifa and Hebrew University research finds
By Melanie Lidman
A 3,500-year-old stone tablet discovered in the City of David, Jerusalem in 2010. (Courtesy of Institute for Biblical Studies and Ancient History)
July 7, 2022, 1:45 pm
3,500-year-old stone is inscribed with curse on Jerusalem governor, claims professor
Expert claims to decipher ancient script on tablet he believes was used in voodoo ceremony; Antiquities Authority awaits further ‘scientific research and publication’
By Michael Horovitz
Four lead ingots dated to the 13th–early 12th century BCE that were found as part of a shipwreck cargo in the southern anchorage of Caesarea in Israel. (Ehud Galili/University of Haifa’s Institute for Maritime Studies)
February 21, 2022, 4:55 pm
New analysis of 3,200-year-old lead ingots sinks theories about Bronze Age trade
Interdisciplinary study shows a much more central role for ‘passive’ copper-rich nation Cyprus, which was able to pivot during fall of empires in 1200 BCE
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: A young devotee, face smeared with turmeric powder, participates in a procession towards Golconda Fort during Bonalu festival in Hyderabad, India, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
December 22, 2020, 11:53 am
‘Globalized’ early Bronze Age Levantines consumed exotic Asian nosh, study shows
Analysis of dental tartar from skeletons excavated at Megiddo and Tel Erani shows first evidence in region from 2nd millennium BCE of foods such as bananas, soy beans, turmeric
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Twelve standing stones at the base of Mount Karkom, said by one expert to recall 'altar stones' described in the Bible. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
November 25, 2020, 1:45 pm
Ancient rock etchings on remote Negev plateau evoke the Bible, draw new interest
As Mount Karkom attracts increasing visitors, archaeologists try to protect a prehistoric art-filled site that a top researcher claims is Mount Sinai, complete with ‘burning bush’
By Sue Surkes
3,500-year-old Canaanite clay piece found on Tel Gama (the Canaanite city of Yarza), March 2020. (Emil Eljam/Israel Antiquities Authority)
May 25, 2020, 1:25 pm
3,500-year-old Canaanite prison scene discovered by 6-year-old on a hike
A family outing near the Gaza border became a treasure hunt as a priceless tiny Canaanite clay impression caught the eye of Imri Elya
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Aerial photograph of the Early Bronze Age excavation site near modern Harish. (Assaf Peretz, Israel Antiquities Authority)
October 6, 2019, 11:32 am
‘Israel’s ancient NYC’: 5,000-year-old Canaanite megalopolis may rewrite history
Uncovered in northern Israel, Ein Esur, largest Early Bronze Age settlement ever excavated here, set to ‘change forever what we know about emergence of urbanization in entire area’
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Some of the studied tin ingots from the sea off the coast of Israel (approx. 1300-1200 BCE). (Credit: Ehud Galili)
September 16, 2019, 7:48 pm
Groundbreaking study: Ancient tin ingots found in Israel were mined in England
Enigma of origins of Bronze Age Levant’s tin supply solved through isotope and chemical composition analysis that shows 13th–12th century BCE tin bars likely came from Cornwall
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A dolmen in the northern Galilee (Gonen Sharon, Tel Hai College)
March 5, 2017, 4:39 pm
Massive 4,000-year-old Galilee tombs force rethink of Bronze dark age
In northern Israel, archaeologists excavate largest dolmen in the Levant, with 50-ton stones to rival those of Stonehenge in size
By Ilan Ben Zion
A picture taken on November 23, 2016 shows a 3,800-year-old jug from the Middle Bronze Age, featuring a human sculpture, displayed at the Israel Antiquities Authority lab in Jerusalem after it was unearthed during an archaeological excavation ahead of the construction of new buildings in Yehud. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
November 23, 2016, 3:15 pm
Clay figurine is Bronze Age ancestor of Rodin’s ‘Thinker’
Archaeologist who unearthed 3,800-year-old ceramic statue in Yehud says nothing like it has ever been discovered
By Ilan Ben Zion
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