JERUSALEM.- The first installment of a major international research project gathering all the inscriptions ever found in Israel and the Palestinian Authority from the period of Alexander the Great (4th century C.E) until Mohammed (beginning of the 7th …
A 1,800 Year Old Bathing Pool was Discovered Beneath a Miqve by Israeli Archaeologists
JERUSALEM.- A 1,800 year old bathing pool that was probably part of a bathhouse used by the Tenth Legion – the Roman soldiers who destroyed the Temple – was exposed in excavations the Israel Antiquities Authority. The discovery sheds light on…
A 1,800 Year Old Bathing Pool was Discovered Beneath a Miqve by Israeli Archaeologists
JERUSALEM.- A 1,800 year old bathing pool that was probably part of a bathhouse used by the Tenth Legion – the Roman soldiers who destroyed the Temple – was exposed in excavations the Israel Antiquities Authority. The discovery sheds light on…
Israel Researchers Find Thousands of Ancient Disposable Cutlery
JERUSALEM (AP).- Israeli archaeologists believe thousands of ancient shards of flint found scattered around a fire pit in a cave near Tel Aviv might be the world’s oldest known disposable knives. Dating to the Stone Age, the tiny knives are believed to…
Israel Researchers Find Thousands of Ancient Disposable Cutlery
JERUSALEM (AP).- Israeli archaeologists believe thousands of ancient shards of flint found scattered around a fire pit in a cave near Tel Aviv might be the world’s oldest known disposable knives. Dating to the Stone Age, the tiny knives are believed to…
Archaeologists Say Tiny Shard Bears Oldest Script Found in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP).- Archaeologists say a newly discovered clay fragment from the 14th century B.C. is the oldest example of writing ever found in antiquity-rich Jerusalem. Dig director Eilat Mazar of Hebrew University says the 2-centimeter (0.8-inch) lon…
More than 100 Impressive and Intact Ancient Cultic Vessels were Found
JERUSALEM.- A natural hollow in the bedrock that was exposed in archaeological excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority prior to the installation of the northern gas pipeline by the Israel Natural Gas Lines Company, at the foot of Tel Qashish (T…