JERUSALEM.- For the first time in the history of the study of Akko, a public building from the Byzantine period has been exposed in the city. In an archaeological excavation the Israel Antiquities Authority conducted c. 100 m west of Tel Akko – ne…
Ancient World Dictionary Finished – After 90 Years
By: Sharon Cohen, AP National Writer
CHICAGO (AP).- It was a monumental project with modest beginnings: a small group of scholars and some index cards. The plan was to explore a long-dead language that would reveal an ancient world of chariots and con…
Controversial Israeli Billionaire and Art Collector Sammy Ofer Dies at Age 89 in Tel Aviv
JERUSALEM (AP).- An Israeli billionaire at the center of a recent scandal involving trade with Iran died Friday in Tel Aviv. He was 89. Shipping magnate and philanthropist Sammy Ofer was listed last year by Forbes as Israel’s richest person, and appear…
Controversial Israeli Billionaire and Art Collector Sammy Ofer Dies at Age 89 in Tel Aviv
JERUSALEM (AP).- An Israeli billionaire at the center of a recent scandal involving trade with Iran died Friday in Tel Aviv. He was 89. Shipping magnate and philanthropist Sammy Ofer was listed last year by Forbes as Israel’s richest person, and appear…
An Attempt to Smuggle Hundreds of Stolen Antiquities from Israel was Thwarted
ISRAEL.- The suspect, a retired university lecturer with a Ph. D in history from the United States, sold among other things, silver coins from the Second Temple period and 1,500 year old clay oil lamps. He planned on leaving the country with a handful …
Bonhams to Sell Edward Lear Painting of Bethlehem
LONDON.- As well as being a well known poet, Edward Lear (1812-1888) was also a prolific artist. The next 19th Century Paintings auction at Bonhams New Bond Street features a beautiful topographical scene of Bethlehem which Lear completed from sketche…
Sotheby’s London to Unveil Ron Arad’s New Design as Part of a Selling Exhibition of Israeli Design
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London announce the debut exhibition on Thursday, 5 May to Wednesday, 11 May, 2011 of the latest design project by celebrated designer Ron Arad in association with WMF: “Pirouette” cutlery. The exquisitely designed and crafted cutler…
Sotheby’s London to Unveil Ron Arad’s New Design as Part of a Selling Exhibition of Israeli Design
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London announce the debut exhibition on Thursday, 5 May to Wednesday, 11 May, 2011 of the latest design project by celebrated designer Ron Arad in association with WMF: “Pirouette” cutlery. The exquisitely designed and crafted cutler…
Film by Investigator Simcha Jacobovici Claims Discovery of Nails from Jesus’s Cross
JERUSALEM (REUTERS).- Could two of the nails used to crucify Jesus have been discovered in a 2,000-year-old tomb in Jerusalem? And could they have mysteriously disappeared for 20 years, only to turn up by chance in a Tel Aviv laboratory? That is the pr…
Picasso Loan to Palestinian Art Academy Suffers Complicated Obstacles
JERUSALEM (AP).- A Palestinian art academy is preparing to spruce itself up for a famous guest: a $7 million Pablo Picasso masterpiece that would be the first displayed in the West Bank. But simply arranging the painting’s journey remains a far more di…