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…
Last Book by Isaac Newton on God, the Bible and Kosher Food, for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.-A rare, handwritten, working manuscript by Sir Isaac Newton for the last book he ever wrote is for auction at Bonhams, as part of the sale of the Roy Davids Collection of Papers and Portraits in London on 29 March. It is estimated at between £…
Last Book by Isaac Newton on God, the Bible and Kosher Food, for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.-A rare, handwritten, working manuscript by Sir Isaac Newton for the last book he ever wrote is for auction at Bonhams, as part of the sale of the Roy Davids Collection of Papers and Portraits in London on 29 March. It is estimated at between £…
Israeli Archaeologists Find a 1,500-Year-Old Byzantine Church Southwest of Jerusalem
HIRBET MADRAS (AP).- Israeli archaeologists presented a newly uncovered 1,500-year-old church in the Judean hills on Wednesday, including an unusually well-preserved mosaic floor with images of lions, foxes, fish and peacocks. The Byzantine church loc…
Archaeologists May Have Found the Earliest Evidence Yet for the Existence of Modern Man
JERUSALEM (AP).- Israeli archaeologists said Monday they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man, and if so, it could upset theories of the origin of humans. A Tel Aviv University team excavating a cave in central Isra…
Getty Villa Announces Exhibition that Presents Early Photographs of the Holy Land
LAS ANGELES, CA.- In Search of Biblical Lands: From Jerusalem to Jordan in 19th-Century Photography on view at the Getty Villa from March 2 through September 12, 2011, features some of the first photographic images of the eastern margins of the Mediter…
Report Saying Western Wall Not Holy to Jews is Cut
JERUSALEM (AP).- The Palestinian Authority has removed a report from a government website claiming that Jerusalem’s Western Wall isn’t holy to Jews, officials said Wednesday, after it provoked furious reactions from the U.S. and Israel. The essay, wri…
Google Partners with Israel Antiquities Authority to Bring Dead Sea Scrolls Online
JERUSALEM.- As part of the celebrations on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its establishment, the Israel Antiquities Authority is launching a unique project – The Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library – to document the entire col…
Archaeologists In Israel Find Theater Box at Herod’s Palace
JERUSALEM (AP).- Israeli archaeologists have excavated a lavish, private theater box in a 400-seat facility at King Herod’s winter palace in the Judean desert, the team’s head said Tuesday. Ehud Netzer of Jerusalem’s Hebrew University said the room pro…
Archaeologists In Israel Find Theater Box at Herod’s Palace
JERUSALEM (AP).- Israeli archaeologists have excavated a lavish, private theater box in a 400-seat facility at King Herod’s winter palace in the Judean desert, the team’s head said Tuesday. Ehud Netzer of Jerusalem’s Hebrew University said the room pro…