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Jerusalem Old City tunnels receive international recognition
December 27, 2020     Video

The tunnels earned the top spot in the 'Oddities of the Underground' category unique to the 2020 ITA Tunneling Awards. The 2020 awards, were given out virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Computational science helps crack biblical mystery
October 2, 2020

Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Weizmann Institute, and the Israel Antiquities Authority find that ancient storage vessels manufactured in the Land of Israel all feature openings of...
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Magnificent Remains of First-Temple Period Palace Discovered
September 6, 2020     Video

The magnificent structure — indicates the restoration of Jerusalem after the Assyrian siege of the city in 701 BCE.
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Huge Kingdom of Judah complex found in Jerusalem
July 31, 2020     Video

Among the 2,700-year-old finds: 120 inscribed seal impressions on jars at storage facility holding food collected as taxes for kings Hezekiah and Menashe in First Temple times.
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2,000-year-old complex near Western Wall puzzles experts
May 22, 2020

Researchers wonder why the residents of ancient Jerusalem went to all the trouble to carve a multi-level complex out of rock when stones were generally used for building.
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Arab Looters Use Pandemic Lull to Rob Ancient Treasures
April 23, 2020

The suspension of law enforcement in guarding Israel's national treasures in Judea and Samaria due to the coronavirus outbreak is giving Arab robbers of antiquities an opportunity to pursue...
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Jackals roam Tel Aviv park after virus forces public indoors
April 16, 2020     Video

Normally timid dog-like animals scavenge far outside their usual territory in empty Hayarkon Park as lack of visitors' scraps deprives them of usual food source.
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Stone slab unearthed near Jerusalem suggests connection to Ark of the Covenant
December 22, 2019

Archaeologists said to find rock table in 3,100-year-old temple in Beit Shemesh that echoes Biblical description of ark's resting place.
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Jerusalem's 'Tomb of the Kings' opens to the public
November 11, 2019

Israeli Foreign Ministry hails the opening of the contested Roman-era site as the result of 'long and strenuous' negotiations with France, which has owned the site since the late 19th century.
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Travelers Meet Israel's Amazing Mountain Goats
October 20, 2019     Video

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have been using the intermediary days of Sukkot (one more than in the diaspora) to tour the land, picnic...
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Israeli Arab Electrician Unearths 4500-Year Old Dagger Blade
September 13, 2019

Ahmed Nasser Yassin, an Israeli Arab electrician, was driving his truck on a dirt road above his village, when he recognized something out of the ordinary on the side of the mountain.
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A forgotten Jerusalem: Photos cast new light
August 18, 2019     Video

The archive at the capital's Cinematheque is being digitized, and treasures are being revealed — like this rare fiootage showing the Old City and the vibrant mix of Old Yishuv Jews, Muslims and Christians...
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DNA Shows Ancient Philistines, Not Indigenous to Israel
July 7, 2019     Video

DNA testing of ancient genomes suggests that the ancestors of the Philistines migrated across the Mediterranean and reached Ashkelon by the early Iron Age.
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Israeli scientists recreate ancient brew
May 26, 2019     Video

After discovering a unique way to isolate yeast from ancient pottery — and together with a local brewer — the Israeli archaeologists and microbiologists produced high-quality beers that modern drinkers...
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Rare discovery in the City of David
March 31, 2019     Video

2,600-year-old seal impression and stamp bearing names from Bible found in public building destroyed during destruction of First Temple.
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Ancient Jewish village unearthed in eastern Jerusalem
March 27, 2019     Video

2,000-year-old Jewish town with ritual baths, olive press, and burial estate, found in eastern Jerusalem. The current excavation has only exposed just a small part of a larger village that existed.
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Ancient city arouses controversy in Beit Shemesh
January 22, 2019

We are lucky to live in the land of Israel, where every step we take is also a step into a thousand-year-old history. Archeological dig exposes conflicting interests with no simple solution.
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Biblical site tied to Ark of the Covenant unearthed
January 15, 2019

Excavation uncovers a unique, monumental structure previously unknown in the region. Was it a shrine — or the site of David's triumphant parade of the legendary ark?
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Hanukah Gelt: Cache of Rare Gold Coins Discovered
December 3, 2018     Video

The gold cache was found hidden between two stones on the side of a well, in a house in a neighborhood dating to the Abbasid and Fatimid periods, some 900 years ago.
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Evidence of Sodom? Meteor blast cause of biblical destruction
November 23, 2018

Multi-disciplinary team of scientists uses 3,700-year-old archaeological evidence from Jordan's Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project to...
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Artifact from First Temple period unearthed in Jerusalem
November 22, 2018     Video

'Beka' counting weight for census with ancient Hebrew script found in soil removed from Western Wall foundations.
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Residue found in 3,600-year-old Holy Land tomb rewrites the history of vanilla
November 21, 2018

World's 2nd most expensive spice was thought to have been introduced 13,000 miles away and thousand of years later...
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Israel dig provides clues on how feasting became a ritual
November 18, 2018

Evidence from a 12,000-year-old archaeological site in country's north shows communally shared meals have long been vital components of human ceremony.
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Thousands of cranes migrate through Agamon Hula Park
November 4, 2018     Video

The park is home to nearly 400 bird species including ospreys, falcons, pelicans, herons and mallards, and sits in one of the world's most significant bird migration routes.
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