December 2013 For the First Time: A Building Dating to the Hasmonean Period was Discovered in Archaeological Excavations in the City of David, in the Walls Around Jerusalem National Park Josephus wrote about Hasmonean Jerusalem but it is only now that remains of a building are being […]
Read more →August 2013 2700 Year-Old Inscription Found in Archaeological Excavations in the City of David Archaeological excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the area of the Gihon Spring in the City of David, in the Walls around Jerusalem National Park, have unearthed a layer of rich […]
Read more →Thursday, June 27, 2013 Three complete cooking pots and a small ceramic oil lamp were uncovered inside a small cistern in a drainage channel that runs from the Shiloah Pool in the City of David to Robinson’s Arch, in archaeological excavations the Israel Antiquities Authority is conducting […]
Read more →Tuesday, June 25, 2013 Greetings from the Roman Empire! A Section of an 1,800 Year Old Road was Exposed in Jerusalem Fast Cash Vegas According to the excavation director on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, “This is the first time we have encountered such a finely […]
Read more →Wednesday, May 8, 2013 An Enormous Quarry Dating to the Second Temple Period was Exposed in the Ramat Shlomo Quarter of Jerusalem Tools used by the quarrymen and a 2,000 year old key were also uncovered at the site. The huge stones that were quarried there were […]
Read more →Wednesday, April 10, 2013 A Rare Ritual Bath (Miqwe) from the Second Temple Period was Revealed in Jerusalem In an archaeological excavation the Israel Antiquities Authority conducted in the Qiryat Menachem quarter of Jerusalem, prior to building the Ora–Massua road promoted by the Moriah Company, a rare ritual […]
Read more →Thursday, April 4, 2013 Light on an Ancient Wine Press in a Future Garden Event Remains of a Byzantine settlement with an impressive wine press were recently excavated on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority near Hamei Yo’av. The salvage excavation was conducted prior to the construction […]
Read more →Wednesday, February 20, 2013 The Israel Antiquities Authority exposed remains of an installation for extracting liquid which dates to the Byzantine period, within the framework of infrastructure development implemented by the Tel Aviv-Yafo municipality Archaeological excavations of the Israel Antiquities Authority provide a glimpse at hundreds of […]
Read more →Temple and rare cache of sacred vessels from Biblical times discovered at Tel Motza Wednesday, December 26, 2012 Rare evidence of the religious practices and rituals in the early days of the Kingdom of Judah has recently been discovered at Tel Motza Rare evidence of the religious […]
Read more →Greetings from the Hasmoneans from a neighborhood of Jerusalem Remains of an archeological site dating from the Hasmonean era were exposed in a Jerusalem suburb – underneath Hantke Street in the neighborhood of Kiryat Yovel. According to the administrator of the excavation, “Very little is known about the […]
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