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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 471

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The Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)
July 1, 2024, 12:16 pm
IAA offers sneak peek tours of long-awaited new campus
Official opening of facility near the Israel Museum in Jerusalem still at least a year away
By Gavriel Fiske
Karnit Bahartan and Jacob Sharvit with the ancient jars. (Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority)
June 20, 2024, 3:31 pm
3,300-year-old ship discovered off Israeli coast, the oldest ever found in deep waters
Researchers say location of wreck, carrying hundreds of intact storage vessels, proves Late Bronze Age mariners could journey far out to sea
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Stone sinkers likely used to weigh down fishing nets, found at the 'Habonim North' martime archaeological site, off the coast of northern Israel. (courtesy Cambridge University Press/CC BY)
May 2, 2024, 5:24 pm
Neolithic site shows how villagers weathered drought, climate change 8,000 years ago
At a submerged village off Israel’s northern coast, archaeologists discover a trove of artifacts showing how the settlement lived and survived during the global 8.2ka climatic event
By Gavriel Fiske
The 800-year-old Crusader sword as it was found in the sea off the coast of Neve Yam in October 2021. (Shlomi Katzin/IAA)
July 22, 2023, 7:42 am
Sword overboard: Crusader blade discovered by diver was likely lost in battle
Cutting edge X-rays pierce through tough marine crust to reveal 800-year-old weapon was slightly bent, probably during a fierce maritime skirmish
By Melanie Lidman
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows Siniyah Island in Umm al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates, March 16, 2023. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
March 20, 2023, 11:17 am
Deep dive: Archaeologists uncover oldest Gulf pearling town in UAE
Village in Siniyah Island in Umm al-Quwain dates back to late 6th century, before the spread of Islam; researchers find loose pearls and diving weights inside ancient homes
By Jon Gambrell
An 1,850-year-old coin bearing the image of Luna, the goddess of the moon. found off the Carmel Coast. (Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority)
July 25, 2022, 10:42 am
Moon goddess Luna rises from waves on rare ancient bronze coin found off Haifa coast
Currency minted during reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius in 2nd century CE; discovered on seabed during survey carried out by Israel Antiquities Authority’s Marine Archaeology Unit
By ToI Staff
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
Foreground: A recently discovered gold ring with a green gemstone carved with the figure of the Good Shepherd. Background: A hoard of coins from the Mamluk period recently discovered in a shipwreck off the coast of Caesarea. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
December 22, 2021, 11:35 am
1,700-year-old coins, Jesus ‘Good Shepherd’ ring, found in shipwrecks off Caesarea
Divers’ discoveries include gold ring with green gemstone carved with Christian image of the ‘Good Shepherd’ – an early depiction of Jesus – and carved image of ‘David’s Harp’
By Amy Spiro
Marine archaeologist Frank Goddio works at the site of the sunken remains of Thonis-Heracleion. (Wikimedia Commons)
August 3, 2021, 12:28 pm
4th-century BCE baskets still containing fruit found in sunken Egyptian city
‘Incredible’ wicker baskets, complete with fruit and grape seeds, discovered by marine archaeologist Frank Goddio’s team in the submerged remains of Thonis-Heracleion
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Screen capture from video of the underwater national park at Caesarea, Israel. (Channel 13 News)
June 6, 2021, 11:27 am
Divers welcome to explore the past at Israel’s first underwater national park
Israel Antiques Authority marine archaeology unit hopes visitors will help find submerged archaeological discoveries
By Stuart Winer
Fragment of the rare purple fabric from 1,000 BCE excavated in the Timna Valley. (Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority)
January 28, 2021, 9:42 pm
Ancient cloth with Bible’s purple dye found in Israel, dated to King David’s era
3 scraps from 1,000 BCE, earliest such finds in region, point to Edomite kingdom described in Bible; vibrant and lasting ‘royal’ dye, mark of the elite, comes from murex sea snails
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Photographs of finds from the Tel Hreiz settlement. (a-b) exposure of stone-built features in shallow water. (c) wooden posts dug into the seabed. (d) bifacial flint adze. (e) in situ stone bowl made of sandstone. (f) in situ basalt grounding stone (scale = 20cm); (g) burial 1. (h) suspected stone built cist grave - view from the east (scale = 20cm). (i) in situ antler of Mesopotamian fallow deer, Dama dama mesopotamica. (All photographs by E. Galili with the exception of Fig 3G by V. Eshed)
December 18, 2019, 9:27 pm
7,000-year-old seawall, built to block rising sea levels, found off Haifa coast
With discovery of world’s oldest known breakwater, archaeological record shows how Neolithic villages tried – sometimes in vain – to protect their homes from melting glaciers
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
An ancient Greek trading ship dating back more than 2,400 years has been found virtually intact at the bottom of the Black Sea, the world's oldest known shipwreck, researchers said on October 23, 2018 (Screencapture/YouTube).
October 24, 2018, 3:20 am
World’s oldest intact shipwreck found in Black Sea
Ancient Greek trading ship dating back more than 2,400 years is lying on its side with its mast and rudders intact, preserved by the oxygen-free waters
By AFP
The gilthead seabream fish, known as "denise" in Hebrew. (Courtesy Haifa University)
October 16, 2018, 6:58 pm
Ancient fish teeth reveal intensive 3,500-year-old aquaculture in Sinai
By studying chemical traits in the bones of gilthead seabream found in Israeli archaeological sites, scientists have unearthed the oldest known example of intensive fish farming
By ToI Staff
An archaeologist scours the seabed off Dor Beach in northern Israel to rescue antiquities near a 5,000-year-old port ahead of the construction of a gas pipeline for the Leviathan natural gas project, September 2018. (Screen capture of footage from the Israel Antiquities Authority)
From the WebSeptember 7, 2018, 10:56 am
Under the sea, antiquities make way for Israel’s Leviathan pipeline
Underwater archaeologists are searching the seabed to preserve relics near a 5,000-year-old port that was once was a key trade hub for ancient civilizations, Reuters reports
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