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An orthophoto created from a 3D model of an adult male (center) and adult female (bottom) during excavation of the 3,600-year-old burial cave at Megiddo. (Adam Prins and Robert S. Homsher)
March 21, 2018, 11:30 pm
Untouched for 3,600 years, ‘royal’ tomb may change what we know about Canaanites
Located at the crossroads of civilization, a Tel Megiddo burial chamber includes a diadem-bedecked male skeleton, and hints that bones did not always rest in peace
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
David Tanami, an Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologist, works his way into the narrow tomb opening to bring out a jar at a Canaanite burial site near Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo. (Shua Kisilevitz, Israel Antiquities Authority)
September 25, 2017, 2:31 pm
Afterlife snack: Jar of toads popped open in 4,000-year-old Canaanite tomb dig
Excavation just outside Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo gives window into funerary rites, with unexpected remains of decapitated toads and not-local myrtle and date pollen
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Burial of individual analyzed in the Canaanite study, from about 1600 BC. (Dr. Claude Doumet-Serhal/Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)
July 28, 2017, 4:30 am
The Canaanites weren’t annihilated, they just ‘moved’ to Lebanon
A UK-based study of ancient genomes finds Canaanites form over 90% of modern Lebanese ancestry, a trait they share with ancient Israelites
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Medallion made up of a silver disc with an engraving of an eight pointed star that was discovered in Tel Gezer in November 2016. (CLARA AMIT/IAA)
November 14, 2016, 5:59 pm
Rare Canaanite-era trove of gold and silver unearthed in central Israel
Pendant, scarab and rare fabric discovered in clay vessel in 3,600-year-old room undergoing excavation at Tel Gezer National Park
By Sue Surkes
An Egyptian-made statue of Ramses III, using finer materials and tools than those made by the Canaanites (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
March 10, 2016, 11:33 am
The Canaanites who loved Pharaoh, on display at the Israel Museum
Jerusalem’s latest grand-scale exhibit reveals an unlikely, world-changing exchange of rituals and objects in ancient times
By Jessica Steinberg
The opening to two of the tombs at the Khalet al-Jam'a necropolis near the town of Bethlehem. Credit: ®ROSAPAJ - Sapienza University Rome
March 7, 2016, 9:48 am
Huge Canaanite burial ground found near Bethlehem, shows city thrived 4,200 years ago
Finds at cemetery, which was abandoned after the Assyrians conquered area from the Hebrew kings, cast new light on ancient burial practices
By Sue Surkes
An ancient figurine discovered at Tel Rehov, in the Beit She'an Vally (Clara Amit, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority)
February 25, 2016, 5:08 pm
Boy finds ancient figurine during Beit She’an outing
3,400 year-old-statue given to Israel Antiquities Authority, which awards 7-year-old Uri Grinhot with a certificate and visit at school
By TOI staff
An aerial view of the fortress found in Nahariya. (Guy Fittousi, Israel Antiquities Authority)
January 6, 2016, 7:33 pm
Remains of 3,400-year-old fortress found in Nahariya
Israel Antiquities Authority and contractor agree to incorporate new find in housing project, to protect ancient discovery
By TOI staff
Damascus Museum employees wrap archaeological artifacts into boxes to protect them from being damaged on March 24, 2015, in the Syrian capital (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID)
March 26, 2015, 11:25 am
In Syria, race to save antiquities from looting, damage
Officials in war-torn country hide thousands of ancient artifacts and manuscripts in order to protect them from jihadists
By AFP
Nurith Goshen, area supervisor of Area D-West, and Dr. Andrew Koh, associate director of the Tel Kabri Archaeological Project, articulating a vessel in the Tel Kabri wine cellar. (photo credit: CC BY-SA Flinders Petrie, Wikimedia Commons)
August 28, 2014, 3:23 pm
Canaanite wine stash found in Galilee unearths ancient flavors
Excavators at Tel Kabri find hard evidence of viniculture, seek to recreate Bronze Age beverage
By Ilan Ben Zion
Peace negotiators Tzipi Livni and Saeb Erekat at the State Department in Washington, July 30, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Charles Dharapak)
February 12, 2014, 7:42 pm
About that 10,000-year history in Jericho, Mr. Erekat
Assessing the credibility — and the impact — of the Palestinian chief negotiator’s claims to pre-Jewish family lineage in the Holy Land
By Elhanan Miller
Standing stones (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
October 5, 2013, 6:23 am
Discover Gezer, Israel’s lost city
Today it looks totally desolate, but over 3,000 years ago, Gezer was a major Canaanite center. Archaeologists are uncovering its turbulent history
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Base of a sphinx statue found by Hebrew University archaeologists at the Tel Hazor excavations in northern Israel. (photo credit: courtesy of archaeologists Amnon Ben-Tor and Sharon Zuckerman)
July 9, 2013, 4:43 pm
Remains of a sphinx found in northern Israel
Archaeologists believe the statue indicates ties between Egyptian rulers and the ancient city of Hazor
By Asher Zeiger
Judah Skoff
August 23, 2012, 11:46 am
Judah Skoff
Staving off the one-state juggernaut — before it’s too late
How can Israel disentangle itself from the Palestinians, and ensure its survival as a Jewish-democracy?
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