Almost two thousand years ago, Jews in the Galilee town of Huqoq prepared for revolts against the Romans by building a network of tunnels for hiding. Those conflicts turned tragic, ending with the Roman exile of the Jews. Yet later,…
Shlomi Katzin, a resident of the Israeli city of Atlit, was scuba diving off the Carmel Coast last Saturday, when his dive turned into a very unexpected discovery: a 900-year-old Crusader sword. Katzin saw the ancient weapon on the seabed…
In Jerusalem, construction projects include an archaeological examination, to ensure that no historical artifacts are erased by the new building work. In an ironic twist, that review process for new construction recently unveiled a rock quarry site used for ancient…
A room roughly 2,000-years-old and described as “magnificent” and opulent is being opened to the public in Jerusalem soon, just in time for the High Holy Day festivals. “This is without doubt one of the most magnificent public buildings from…
A 5,000-year-old city—considered massive for its timeframe—has been discovered as part of a road construction project in north-central Israel. The city, which could have accommodated around 6,000 inhabitants and was more than a quarter square mile in size, displays ancient…
The Roman name for the region including Israel—which evolved into “Palestine”—may have been derived from the name of the Philistine people who once lived on the coast, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. Yet ironically, it turns out at least some…