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Israeli Reserve soldiers stumble upon 1,500 year-old lamp
Updated : 2 years, 5 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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Israel revises Oct 7 Hamas attack death toll to about 1,200
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The revision comes as Israel continues its assiduous efforts to identify all victims, five weeks after the tragic events unfolded.
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Jerusalem burial cave reveals secrets of a Greek courtesan
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The burial cave of a Greek-era escort woman unearthed by archaeologists in Jerusalem provides tantalizing clues about the cosmopolitan influences that once permeated the ancient city
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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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Rare half-shekel coin from Jewish revolt against Rome discovered
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The silver half-shekel coin depicts three pomegranates while the other side features a chalice
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Israel having trouble getting back antiquities loaned to White House
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Wanted: Ancient ceramic oil lamps from Israel. Last seen on loan to the White House and suspected to be at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
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Woman walking on Israeli beach finds 3,000 year-old figurine
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A 74-year-old woman strolling on Israel's Palmahim beach south of Tel Aviv found a 3,000-year-old figurine of an Egyptian goddess which she turned over to grateful archaeologists at the Israel Antiquities Authority.
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2,000-Year-Old financial record unearthed on Jerusalem's pilgrimage road
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority uncovered a remarkable financial record dating back 2,000 years on the Pilgrimage Road in the City of David, Jerusalem's main thoroughfare during the Second Temple period.
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2,000-year-old financial record unearthed on Jerusalem's pilgrimage road
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The inscription, found on a small stone tablet engraved with letters and numbers, is believed to be a receipt or payment instruction related to commercial transactions during the Second Temple period
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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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Biblical site where Jesus healed blind man to be soon accessible to public
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Israel Antiquities Authority, the Israel National Parks Authority and the City of David Foundation announced days before the new year that the Pool of Siloam, a biblical site cherished by Christians and Jews, will be open to the public for the first time in 2,000 years in the near future
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Israel discovers over 2,100-year-old fortress
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], November 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Israeli archaeologists have uncovered a Hellenistic fortress dating back to over 2,100 years ago, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said on Tuesday.
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