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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Amanda Borschel-Dan is The Times of Israel's Jewish World and Archaeology editor.
Lod mosaic. (Nicki Davidov, Israel Antiquities Authority)
June 27, 2022, 4:04 pm
Stunning Roman-era Lod seafaring mosaic finally drops anchor in a home of its own
Five years – and a pandemic – after breaking ground at Lod, the Shelby White & Leon Levy Lod Mosaic Archaeological Center is inaugurated to house the massive sea-themed floor
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Aerial photographs of the 7th century mosque near today's Rahat. (Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority)
June 22, 2022, 10:51 am
One of the oldest known mosques in the world uncovered in Negev Bedouin city Rahat
New discovery joins a second very early mosque dated to the 7th century, when Islam was just beginning to spread in the Holy Land
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
An ancient gameboard from Tell es-Safi/Gath. (Maria Eniukhina/Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project)
June 8, 2022, 11:32 pm
At Goliath’s Gath, board games give relatable insight into daily lives of Canaanites
New research into the proliferation of senet, an Egyptian game, shows osmosis of dominant culture and local adaptation; game still played today in Sinai
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
1,800-year-old grave marker for 'Yaakov the Convert' discovered at Beit She'arim. (Yevgeny Ostrovsky/Israel Antiquities Authority)
June 1, 2022, 2:04 pm
Do not open: Odd 1,800-year-old grave marker for Jacob the Convert found in Galilee
Ominously worded Greek-language inscription warns against opening the grave of a 60-year-old ‘proselyte’; marker stumbled upon during conservation work at Beit She’arim park
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Aerial photos of the Low-Level Aqueduct in Jerusalem's Armon Hanatziv neighborhood. (Alexander Wiegmann, Israel Antiquities Authority)
May 29, 2022, 1:38 pm
New segment of Jerusalem’s 2,000-year-old Low-Level aqueduct revealed
Excavations in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood uncover a 40-meter piece of the capital’s main water carrier, 21 kilometers long, which was used until British Mandate
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Excavations at a Hellenistic-era farmstead uncovered in the Galilee during salvage excavations ahead of a pipe bring desalinized water to the Sea of Galilee. (Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority)
May 25, 2022, 10:10 am
Stilled life: Why did farmers flee a homestead in the Galilee 2,100 years ago?
A salvage excavation uncovers a frozen scene of existential distress during the Hellenistic era and an earlier agricultural community from the Iron Age
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Some of the ancient coins seized in a massive illegal trade bust on May 15, 2022 in Modi'in. (Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority)
May 19, 2022, 12:31 pm
Massive bust of illegal antiquities trade seizes 1,800 coins and ancient artifacts
Man from central Israel suspected of smuggling thousands of priceless treasures abroad for years through an online store
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Herod’s calcite-alabaster bathtub found in Kypros fortress (Prof. Amos Frumkin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
May 17, 2022, 4:48 pm
Alabaster for Herod the Great’s lavish bathtubs traced to quarry in Israel
Daughter-father scientific study rules out Egyptian quarries and shows ancient Holy Land industry was potentially much more developed than previously thought
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
The Sha'ar Ramon roadside inn. The trash midden is seen on the right next to the entrance gate. (Roy Galili)
May 12, 2022, 3:59 pm
Ancient trash a treasure in mapping first steps to globalization on Incense Route
Sifting through refuse at roadside inns from 300 BCE to 300 CE uncovers ‘social archives’ that help explain the social and economic organization of the Nabatean caravan trade
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Filmmaker Mayim Bialik. (Storm Santos)
May 6, 2022, 12:47 pm
Podcast: Mayim Bialik on her debut film, being a Jew in Hollywood & missing Israel
With the release of ‘As They Made Us,’ Bialik she wrote and directed, ‘The Big Bang Theory’ alumna has just added the credit ‘filmmaker’ to her already unbelievable resume
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Remains of 12th century Medieval vessels discovered in Jerusalem's Old City, including (far right) a fragment of the sphero-conical vessel that was identified as containing an explosive material from Jerusalem, Israel. (Robert Mason, Royal Ontario Museum)
April 29, 2022, 12:28 pm
Was Monty Python’s ‘Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch’ fact? Crusader-era explosive found
Analysis of 11th-12th century vessel shards excavated in Jerusalem’s Old City give support to Crusader-era accounts of exploding projectiles — such as depicted in ‘The Holy Grail’
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Prof. Jodi Magness in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, on April 11, 2022. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/The Times of Israel)
April 15, 2022, 12:50 pm
What does archaeology say about the location of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre?
Ahead of Easter, we walk in the Jerusalem Old City church compound with top archaeologist Prof. Jodi Magness in this audio tour of the history and controversy of a unique holy spot
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Collection of 6th century BCE wine jars after the restoration process. (Dafna Gazit/Israel Antiquities Authority)
March 30, 2022, 11:01 am
6th century BCE Jerusalemite oenophiles had a taste for exotic vanilla-spice wine
New research based on First Temple City of David pottery sherds dating to the Babylonian destruction shores up theories of international trade with Kingdom of Judah
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
An Israel Antiquities Authority conservationist works on the 'Jesus' mosaic excavated at a prison in Megiddo in northern Israel, part of a structure from the third or fourth century that may be one of the earliest Christian churches. (Yoli Schwartz/IAA)
March 28, 2022, 8:21 pm
Earliest mosaic in Israel dedicated to Jesus may soon be sprung from prison
3rd-century Christian structure and 3 mosaics with inscriptions – including ‘to the God Jesus Christ’ – were uncovered at Meggido jail in 2004-08; it may now become a tourist site
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Close-up of the outside of the arguably Late Bronze Age lead curse tablet discovered on Mt. Ebal in 2019. (Michael C. Luddeni/Associates for Biblical Research)
March 24, 2022, 6:00 pm
Archaeologist claims to find oldest Hebrew text in Israel, including the name of God
Scholars date tiny ‘curse tablet,’ found at Mt. Ebal, to 1200 BCE – which would prove Israelites were literate when they entered Holy Land; but findings have not been peer-reviewed
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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