Rare 2,000-year-old stolen coin finally returns to Israel
A valuable quarter-shekel silver coin minted by Jewish rebels in 69CE and stolen from Israel in 2002, was handed back after a two decade intelligence operation.
A valuable quarter-shekel silver coin minted by Jewish rebels in 69CE and stolen from Israel in 2002, was handed back after a two decade intelligence operation.
Rare Kingdom of Judah document fragment, hanging on a wall in a private home since 1965, donated to Dead Sea Scrolls collection.
In an extraordinary chance discovery, archeologists have uncovered a 2.5 meter long prehistoric elephant tusk in the south of Israel.
Israel Antiquities Authority speculates that a wealthy landowner, overseeing farmsteads in the northern Negev, may have resided on the estate.
The well-preserved coin is part of a series of 13 zodiac coins minted in 144/45 CE, found during a survey to protect antiquities from coastal development.
Inhabitants of ancient farmstead clearly fled in haste, say experts, leaving behind a trove of pottery, coins and other everyday items. But who were they, and why did they flee?
Look what Israeli archeologists have dug up from the Hasmonean dynasty that ruled the land following the Maccabees’ Hanukkah triumph.
200 marble items found on the site include dozens of column capitals with plant motifs, and some bearing an eagle – the symbol of the Roman Empire.
Bronze necklace pendant depicts a demon galloping on a horse, an eye being pierced by arrows and a forked object and the Greek inscription ‘One God.’
The coin probably disappeared from its owner who was traveling on the road, waiting nearly 2,000 years to be picked up again.
Coronavirus fears led an Israeli to return a 2,000-year-old ballista stone taken in Jerusalem 15 years ago, as he wanted to clear his conscience.
Archeology branches out to tackle burning issues such as climate change and the origin of regional inhabitants’ love affair with eggplant.
Thirteen-year-old Stav Meir stumbles upon a burial inscription belonging to a wealthy Caesarea resident from the Byzantine period.
NASA technology reveals paleo-Hebrew writing, not visible to the naked eye, pointing to the possibility of an unknown Dead Sea Scroll.
The 70km Sanhedrin Trail traces the movements of Israel’s greatest figures across the Galilee with an innovative app that brings its history alive.