Posts Tagged: Israel Antiquities Authority
1,500-Year-Old Byzantine Church With Impressive Mosaic Floor Unearthed in Southern Israel
JNS.org - An impressive 1,500 year-old church with elaborate mosaic floors was unearthed in southern Israel by archeologists, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority...
Temple Mount Report Fuels Concern About Future of Holy Site
JNS.org - A recently revealed Israeli State Comptroller's report that remains under a government gag order has ignited concern over the Muslim Waqf's attempts to...
First Definitive Proof of Ancient Blue Dye ‘Tekhelet’ Discovered in Israel
JNS.org - The first definitive proof of production of the ancient blue dye "tekhelet" in Israel was revealed during an Israel Antiquities Authority presentation...
Israeli Company Building Highway Discovers 10,000-Year-Old House
JNS.org - While conducting a routine dig as part of a highway expansion program, an Israeli transportation company uncovered the remains of a 10,000-year-old house and a...
Roman-Era Road Uncovered in Northern Jerusalem is Most Finely Preserved Yet, Authorities Say
An ancient road leading from Jaffa to Jerusalem, which dates back nearly 1,800 years to the Roman period of rule, was recently uncovered in...
Mosaic Floor Uncovered Near Ancient Jewish, Christian Communities
A 1,500 year-old mosaic floor dating back to the Byzantine era has been uncovered in near Kibbutz Beit Kama in Israel's northern Negev desert. Israel Antiquities...
Online archaeological Archives Include Architectural Plan for Church of the Holy Sepulchre
The archaeological archive of Israel, administered by the Israel Antiquities Authority, has digitized and uploaded all of Israel's archaeological archives to the Internet,...
Ancient Dead Sea Scrolls Go Digital, Now Available Online
Buried in caves for nearly 2,000 years, then bitterly fought over by scholars since their discovery by a Bedouin child in the 1940s, the Dead...
First Temple-Era Reservoir Uncovered in Jerusalem
Archeologists have discovered a large public cistern from the First Temple period during excavations adjacent to the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. The...
Two Stone Age Figurines Uncovered Near Jerusalem
An archaeological dig in Tel Motza near Jerusalem has uncovered two figurines dating from the Stone Age, Israel Hayom reported. The figurines, a ram and a wild...
