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Israeli Reserve soldiers stumble upon 1,500 year-old lamp
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The find, by Nathaniel Melchior and Alon Segev, part of the 404th Battalion within the 282nd Fire Brigade, sparked a chain of events that led to the 1,500 year-old candle's safe handover to the Antiquities Authority.
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Israeli Defence Force soldiers pray at 6th century Gaza synagogue for firs
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Dating back to 508 CE during the Byzantine period, the ancient synagogue of Gaza was discovered in 1965.
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Teen discovers 1,500-year-old ‘magic mirror’ at Israeli excavation
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Aviv Weizman, of Kiryat Motzkin, near Haifa, was one of 500 students participating in a week-long “Survival Course” which included a 90 km trek and participation in excavations at archaeological sites around Israel which will be opened to the public in the future.
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Suspects caught red-handed trying to rob 2,000-year-old archaeological sit
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The suspects were trying to rob a Roman-Byzantine site in the village of Ein Mahal, near Nazareth.
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Here are five most exciting things you can only do in Turkey
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 15 (ANI): Turkey is a nation straddling Eastern Europe and western Asia with cultural connections to ancient Greek, Persian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires. Cosmopolitan Istanbul, on the Bosphorus Strait, is home to the iconic Hagia Sophia, with its soaring d
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