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A 2000-year-old coin from the rule of Herod Agrippa, found in Nahal Shilo in the West Bank in January 2019. (COGAT)
January 27, 2019, 12:37 pm
Kid on school trip unearths Second Temple-era coin in West Bank stream
2,000-year-old artifact found in Shilo stream is from the rule of Herod Agrippa, the last king of Judea and grandson of Herod the Great
By Michael Bachner
Israel Antiquities Authority professionals assess damage at the Robinson's Arch section of the Western Wall after a stone fell on July 23, 2018. (Hannah Estrin)
August 29, 2018, 7:31 pm
Still no budget for conservation at Western Wall section where boulder fell
Antiquities Authority says it’s ‘ready to get to work’ shoring up wall adjacent to egalitarian prayer area, but government isn’t transferring necessary funds
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
n this Wednesday, June 27, 2018 photo, visitors look at exhibits, entitled "The House of Herod: Life and Power in the Age of the New Testament," at the Terra Sancta Museum in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Caron Creighton)
July 7, 2018, 4:49 pm
New Franciscan museum in Jerusalem shows life in Jesus’ time
Displays with inscriptions in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Samaritan illustrate the kaleidoscopic variety of cultures present in the Holy Land during the first centuries
By Ilan Ben Zion
Israel Museum staff making decisions about artwork placement in "The Museum," about the country's most well-known cultural institution (Courtesy 'The Museum')
November 15, 2017, 2:10 pm
Behind the scenes at the Israel Museum, in new documentary
‘The Museum’ offers a carefully curated look at what drives and directs one of Israel’s greatest cultural institutions
By Jessica Steinberg
A scientist collects concrete samples from the Roman era Portus Cosanus pier in Orbetello, Italy (JP Oleson)
July 6, 2017, 2:08 pm
How have Roman structures lasted so long? New research finds concrete answers
Ancient Israeli coastal city of Caesarea composed of surprising mortar recipe, Utah University geologist discovers
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Ancient Jerusalem in virtual reality through a new app called Lithodomos VR (screen capture: Lithodomos VR)
April 8, 2017, 10:53 am
Virtual reality app recreates Jerusalem during Second Temple
Lithodomos VR offers visitors 3D look at the holy city during the life of Jesus; IAA to develop digital reconstruction of ancient Galilee
By Ilan Ben Zion
Aerial view of Masada (Andrew Shiva/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA)
February 5, 2017, 8:02 am
Archaeologists get set to dig at Masada, after 11-year hiatus
Tel Aviv University team will excavate rebel dwellings, Herod’s gardens in month-long expedition at UNESCO heritage site
By Ilan Ben Zion
The "Lone Oak," a surviving symbol of the pre-1948 community in the Gush Etzion area (Shmuel Bar-Am)
April 23, 2016, 9:30 am
In the Etzion Bloc, source of Jerusalem’s water, and defense
In Herod’s era, Jerusalem had grown so fast there was never enough water for its residents. Then the king found a supply that he hoped would make the people love him…
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
A priest leads Christmas mass at a church in the government-controlled side of Aleppo, Syria, on December 25, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/GEORGE OURFALIAN)
December 25, 2015, 7:33 pm
Mideast Christians face ‘apocalypse’ at hands of Islamic State, top UK cleric says
‘Elimination’ looms, warns archbishop of Canterbury; Pope denounces ‘monstrous evil’ inflicted upon Syria and Libya
By AFP and AP
Israeli archaeologist Eli Shukron (photo credit: Youtube screenshot)
April 22, 2014, 7:57 pm
Archaeologist claims to find chisel used to build Western Wall
Metal tool likely dropped by laborer working on higher sections, says Eli Shukron; Antiquities Authority still checking find
By Marissa Newman
Weaving hand-dyed wool for a wall tapestry, or wood for an alternative blanket, are all par for the course in the new Eretz Israel Museum exhibit (photo credit: Leonid Padrul)
February 28, 2014, 1:17 pm
Look, but don’t touch
The wonders of texture, fabric and metaphor in three current exhibitions
By Jessica Steinberg
Bonna Devora Haberman
February 8, 2013, 12:54 am
Bonna Devora Haberman
Herodian dreams
Does the Israel Museum’s colossal exhibit reflect a longing for the Jerusalem Temple?
Reconstructing pillars from the theater and mausoleum at Herodium (photo credit: Andrei Vainer)
February 5, 2013, 3:24 am
Herod gets his 15 minutes
A behind-the-scenes look at the Israel Museum’s massive exhibit, opening Tuesday evening, on the hated Roman monarch who ruled Judea on behalf of Rome
By Jessica Steinberg
The headquarters of Warsaw’s Jewish community, right, known as the “white building,” could be torn down to make way for a taller, modern building. (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)
February 2, 2013, 10:43 pm
Warsaw Ghetto building pits Jews against fellow Poles
In historic irony, gentiles seek to save structure the city’s growing Jewish community wants to knock down
By Vanessa Gera
The Tower of David. (Photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
August 24, 2012, 2:08 pm
At the Tower of David, a glimpse into a citadel touched by everyone but the legendary king
Likely built by Maccabees about a millennium after King David’s death, the site contains traces of everyone from Herod to the Jordanians
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
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