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 →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 →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 →Naaran, Naarath (I Chronicles. 7:28) Ancient site in the Jordan Valley, 3 miles northwest of Jericho. Called Naaran in I Chronicles 7:28: “And their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with its towns; Shechem also and its towns, […]
Read more →Nabi Musa Holy Moslem site in the Judean Desert half a mile south of the Jerusalem-Jericho road,12.5 miles east of Jerusalem. Inside the Mosque is a tomb which Moslem tradition believes to be the tomb of Moses – hence its name Nabi Musa (the Prophet Moses). […]
Read more →Nabi Samwil Supposed tomb of the Prophet Samuel in an Arab village 4 miles northwest of Jerusalem. Located on a high mountain (2992 feet above sea level) off the ancient road from the Judean Foothills to Jerusalem. One theory claims this is the site of Mizpeh, […]
Read more →Maon in the Negeb (Khirbet el Ma’in) Ruins of a settlement in the northwestern Negeb. A beautiful mosaic floor of a 6th and 7th century synagogue has been discovered here. The mosaic has been restored and removed to the Department of Antiquities in Jerusalem. Nearby where […]
Read more →Dan (Genesis 14:14; Joshua 19:47; Judges 18:27-29) “And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive , he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen , and pursued them unto Dan.” (Genesis 14:14) The archaeological mound of the ancient city of […]
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