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Peki'in
Ossuary in Peki'in cave (Mariana Salzberger, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority)
August 20, 2018, 2:48 pm
Anomalous blue-eyed people came to Israel 6,500 years ago from Iran, DNA shows
Study of bones from massive Galilee necropolis helps fill 3,000-year gap in knowledge of ancient Levant settlers
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Druze men from the Golan Heights in traditional garb (Doron Horowitz/Flash90)
April 24, 2018, 10:01 am
Israel’s Druze honor the prophet Jethro in annual pilgrimage to ancient tomb
Holiday gives visitors a glimpse of secretive religion, and community’s ‘living bond’ with Israeli Jews
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Margalit Zinati, sole Jewish resident of the Druze village of Peki'in in the Galilee, with an 1,800-year-old limestone capital bearing two Hebrew inscriptions found there in February 2017. (Ritvo courtesy of Beit Zinati)
February 21, 2017, 4:52 pm
Hebrew carvings on column lend weight to Galilee village’s Jewish past
IAA says discovery of 1,800-year-old limestone capital bearing inscriptions reinforces association of Druze village of Peki’in with Roman-era center of Jewish scholarship
By Ilan Ben Zion
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