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Tzippori National Park

Byzantine-era clay lantern discovered at Tzippori National Park, in an image released on December 22, 2024. (Daniel Hittner/National Parks Authority)
December 22, 2024, 4:34 pm
Rare, intact 1,500-year-old ceramic lantern discovered in Galilee
Small clay lantern uncovered in Tzippori National Park dated to the 4th-6th centuries CE, was likely used by flourishing Jewish community there, archaeologists say
By Gavriel Fiske
The cover of 'The Legend of Rabbi Ben Levi,' Avi Katz's illustrated work about the Ribal based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1863 poem (Courtesy Avi Katz)
September 30, 2020, 5:03 pm
A missing rabbi, an empty tomb and a caper with the Angel of Death, now for kids
The mysterious tale of 3rd century rabbi Yehoshua Ben Levi is recounted in a new book from illustrator Avi Katz, with help from an American poet and a rogue dig in the Galilee
By Jessica Steinberg
1,800-year-old waterspout discovered at Tzippori National Park. (Meital Roizer Aharon/Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
June 1, 2020, 1:05 pm
1,800 years ago, sages prohibited drinking from this ‘idolatrous’ waterspout
Anxious to prevent bending to worship idols, Talmudic rabbis would have frowned at richly decorated humanized lion gargoyle, uncovered at Tzippori National Park in northern Israel
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Dr. Tzvika Tzuk, Israel Nature and Parks Authority's director of the department of archaeology, holds a tiny bronze bull. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
December 11, 2018, 7:21 pm
At Zippori pool where Judah Hanasi may have bathed, a rare tiny pagan bull found
Archaeologists believe they can connect a peculiar Talmudic story about the Sanhedrin head questioning the need for a fast day to a recently excavated site in a national park
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Ancient Byzantine-era winepress discovered in Zippori National Park. (Zvika Tzuk/National Parks Authority)
June 10, 2018, 6:33 pm
Unique Byzantine-era winepresses unearthed in roofed water cistern in Tzippori
The only examples of their kind discovered to date, they are a testament to a flourishing wine trade in the interfaith city
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A fresco showing a tiger's tail found in Tzippori, dating from the early second century CE (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
August 10, 2016, 8:03 pm
Rare Roman-era frescoes uncovered in Galilee
Team working at site of ancient Tzippori discover ‘monumental building’ decorated with images of exotic animals
By Stuart Winer
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