Tag: Temple Period

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 …

Clearing Work Completed by Israel Antiquities Authority on a Second Temple Period Water Channel

JERUSALEM.- Clearing work has been completed on a Second Temple Period water channel in excavations being conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the City of David located within the Jerusalem Walls National Park. The excavations are being run…

Clearing Work Completed by Israel Antiquities Authority on a Second Temple Period Water Channel

JERUSALEM.- Clearing work has been completed on a Second Temple Period water channel in excavations being conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the City of David located within the Jerusalem Walls National Park. The excavations are being run…

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…

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