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Israel / Archaeologists Find Evidence of the Last Jewish Revolt Against Rome [VIDEO] Joint Israel Antiquities Authority and Lod Municipality excavations revealed the remains of a destroyed Jewish public building. The floor hid a hoard of 94 coins.

Redazione The Jewish public building discovered in Lod. Aerial Photography Assaf Peretz, Israel Antiquities Authority For the very first time, evidence has been found in Lod from the Gallus Revolt, the last Jewish resistance against Roman rule. The dramatic discovery – a large public building, in whose foundations a 1650-year-old hoard was hidden, will be publicized in a new book commensurate…

Impressive Hiding Complex from the period of the Bar Kokhba Revolt revealed near the Sea of Galilee [VIDEO]

Archaeological excavations at Huqoq near the Sea of Galilee, in which students, local residents and soldiers participated over the past few months, provide a glance at dramatic episodes in the history of the Jewish people: the preparation of shelters in preparation for the Revolt of the Jews against the Romans, led by Bar Kokhba in 132–136 CE. 1.Huqoq site, aerial view. Photograph Emil Aladjem,…

ARCHAEONEWS / 1,800 year-old oil lamp used by Roman soldiers discovered by a pupil on a school trip in southern Israel

Sixteen year-old Yonatan Frankel, a pupil from the Tamar High School in Hod Hasharon, was with his class on an annual field trip along the Scorpions Ascent in southern Israel. When his class stopped for lunch next to the Late Roman fort of Mezad Tzafir, Yonatan began to pick up rocks from the sand to look at them. “One of the stones that I picked up was full of dirt. I shook it off, and suddenly…

ARCHAEONEWS / Discovery of Ancient ‘Horn Chamber’ Reveals Ritual Performed at Enigmatic Stone Structures of north-west Arabia

The team led by Dr Wael Abu-Azizeh excavates the chamber that contained “an exceptional discovery” of skull and horn fragments. Muhammad Al-Dajani / RCU AlUla, Saudi Arabia: Results of two recent archaeological excavations supported by the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) demonstrate that the Neolithic inhabitants of north-west Arabia conducted “complex and sophisticated ritual practices” in the…

ARCHAEONEWS / 5,500-year-old City Gate Discovered In Israel

 The ancient gate at Tell Erani. Photos: Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority An ancient gate—the earliest known in the Land of Israel—was discovered recently at Tell Erani, near the Kiryat Gat Industrial Zone. Over the last month, the Israel Antiquities Authority carried out an excavation funded by the Mekorot  -the national water company of Israel, prior to laying a water pipe. During…

ARCHAEONEWS / 1,500 years old “magical mirror” discovered in northern Israel

Youth leader Aviv Weitzman holding the magical mirror plaque she discovered at Usha. Photo: Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority Pochi giorni fa, il diciassettenne  Aviv Weizman  di Kiryat Motskin, vicino Haifa, ha preso parte a uno scavo archeologico dell’Autorità israeliana per le Antichità presso l’antico sito di Usha, nell’ambito del Corso di sopravvivenza per giovani leader, e ha…

ARCHAEONEWS / Tiny flutes from 12,000 years ago found in Israel may imitate calls of predatory birds @antiquities_en

Credit Yoli Schwartz Israel Antiquities Authority A new paper by Dr. Laurent Davin, a post-doctoral fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Centre de Recherche Français à Jérusalem (CRJF), and Dr. José-Miguel Tejero, (the University of Vienna and the University of Barcelona, Spain), published in the prestigious journal Nature Scientific Report, uncovers that rare prehistorical…