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Great Revolt

Yanniv David Levy, a researcher and curator in the Israel Antiquities Authority’s Coin Department, holds a bronze coin minted in the fourth year of the Jewish Great Revolt against the Romans (69-70 CE) found during excavations in the Jerusalem Archaeological Garden – Davidson Center in July 2025. (Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority)
July 31, 2025, 11:14 pm
2,000-year-old ‘Redemption of Zion’ coin reveals turmoil before Jerusalem’s destruction
Bronze coin minted in the fourth year of the Jewish Great Revolt against the Romans found by archaeologists excavating next to the Temple Mount
By Rossella Tercatin
The 2,000-year-old coin as it was discovered in a cave near Ein Gedi, with three pomegranates and the words "Holy Jerusalem" in ancient script. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)
July 25, 2023, 3:46 pm
Half-shekel coin from revolt against Romans 2 millennia ago uncovered in desert cave
Hebrew coin minted by rebels as part of underground Jewish economy and used to pay tax at Temple in Jerusalem is discovered during six-year survey mapping area of Dead Sea Scrolls
By Melanie Lidman
A rare quarter shekel silver coin, minted in 69 CE, that was handed over to Israeli authorities in New York, September 12, 2022. (Israel Antiquities Authority)
September 13, 2022, 12:38 pm
Rare, stolen 2,000-year-old silver coin returned to Israeli authorities in US
Quarter-shekel minted in 69CE was smuggled out of country to black market; international probe results in it finally being restored to Israel Antiquities Authority
By Stuart Winer
The silver coin engraved with a cup and the caption "Israel Shekel" and the letters: Shin and Bet (the second year of the Great Revolt) (Eliyahu Yanai/City of David)
November 23, 2021, 12:52 pm
Rare silver ‘rebel coin,’ maybe minted at Temple 2,000 years ago, found in Jerusalem
Experts suggest shekel coin may have been made by priests assisting Great Revolt against Romans, using precious metal from holy site’s plentiful reserves
By ToI Staff
Preservation work on the 1,600-year-old inscription and wine press unearthed at the home of a wealthy Samaritan in Tzur Natan. (Galeb Abu Diab/Israel Antiquities Authority)

February 27, 2019, 1:27 pm
5th century Greek inscription found at site of ancient Samaritan rebellion
Rare mosaic attests to the 1,600-year-old holdings of wealthy landowner ‘Master Adios’ in the heartland of a Samaria at war with the encroaching Christian empire
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A stepped pyramid structure dating to the Roman period at Khirbet Midras in the Judean Hills (David Behr and Rotem Shfaim, Agro Drone)
April 21, 2017, 11:15 pm
Archaeologists to probe ancient pyramid in Judean Hills
Summer excavation at Khirbet Midras will try to determine who resettled town after ruin in Bar Kochba revolt
By Ilan Ben Zion
A group of 11 diplomats from seven African countries visited the area known as Robinson's Arch in the Old City of Jerusalem, November 28, 2016. Second from right is Ze'ev Orenstein of the City of David archeological park, who led the envoys' tour (Michel Rozili/City of David)
November 30, 2016, 10:22 am
African diplomats go on rare, ‘enlightening’ Israeli tour of Old City’s Jewish sites
Palestinians fume as envoys from 7 countries depart from protocol to meet Israeli officials near Jerusalem’s Western Wall, visit controversial City of David archaeological park
By Raphael Ahren
The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem, by David Roberts, 1850. (Wikipedia/ Creative Commons)
October 20, 2016, 5:02 pm
Archaeologists find battle site where Romans breached Jerusalem walls
Discovery confirms Josephus’s account of the conflict that saw destruction of Second Temple nearly 2,000 years ago, says Israeli Antiquities Authority
By Gavin Rabinowitz
Herodian National Park (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
September 7, 2013, 11:25 am
Herod’s mountain hideaway
At Herodian National Park, visitors can enter the labyrinth where this wild king built a summer palace to commemorate a battle he would never forget
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
April 13, 2013, 1:43 pm
Masada, tragic fortress in the sky
For three brave years, the freedom fighters on this rocky plateau — known as the Zealots — managed to hold back 10,000 Roman troops armed with every contemporary siege weapon. Finally, a battering ram breached the wall.
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Gamla's unmistakable hump (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
February 16, 2013, 3:30 pm
Gamla, the camel-backed mountain
Founded by King Janneus around 80 B.C.E., Gamla was a Jewish town of 5,000 farmers. Excavations have revealed fascinating finds, including one of the world’s oldest synagogues
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
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