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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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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The magnificent structure — indicates the restoration of Jerusalem after the Assyrian siege of the city in 701 BCE.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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'Beka' counting weight for census with ancient Hebrew script found in soil removed from Western Wall foundations.
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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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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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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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