Posts Tagged: archaeologists Israel
Israeli Antiquities Squad Stops Wannabe ‘Tomb Raiders’ at Ancient Roman Catacomb
In a dramatic ambush operation, Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) officials caught two would-be grave robbers red-handed as they tried to pilfer an ancient Roman period burial...
1st-Century House Unearthed in Nazareth Could be Jesus’s Childhood Home
JNS.org - A leading archaeologist is hinting that a house dating back to the 1st century CE unearthed in Nazareth may have been the...
100 ‘Sex Cult’ Sites Found in Israel Dating Back 8,000 Years
Daily Mail - Around 100 prehistoric 'cult sites,' containing phallic carvings have been found in the Eilat Mountains in the Negev Desert in Israel. The sites date...
Second Temple Era Military Outpost Discovered, Possibly Destroyed by Alexander the Great
Archaeological excavations in Israel's Netiv Haasarah have uncovered a Persian era military installation. Netiv Haasarah is a town in the "Gaza envelope" with a population of...
