Iron Age

Previously unknown Iron Age grave of high-ranking individual, two-wheel chariot found in Germany

The grave was discovered during preliminary investigations ahead of construction of a solar park scheduled to be built near Bad Camberg. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Previously unknown grave of an Iron Age high ranking individual was found during excavations near Bad Camberg in Hesse, Germany, June 25, 2026.
Composite Aerial Photo of Building 101, Tel Eton, June 23, 2026.

Ancient stone at Tel Eton may provide new proof of King Hezekiah’s religious reform, study suggests

The stone, known also as a massebah, was discovered during excavations of the First Temple era site, inside a large residence named by archaeologists as "Building 101," or the Governor's Residency.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
The crannog at Loch Bhorgastail, Scotland, May 8, 2026.

Wooden platform older than Stonehenge found hidden beneath man-made island in Scotland

The analysis found that the crannog started out as a circular wooden platform, measuring at around 23 meters across, and topped with brushwood.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Aerial photo of Tel Hebron's Second Temple period mikvah, April 30, 2026.

Project to make Tel Hebron’s Second Temple mikveh accessible to visitors nearly complete, INPA says

Burda added that visitors to the site will be able to learn about the bath’s significance, its place within daily life, and “momentarily experience the religious and social reality of that era.”

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Why was an Iron Age woman buried with a folding knife driven into the ground?

Archaeologists in Pryssgården, southern Sweden, uncovered an Iron Age burial site with around 50 graves.

DECEMBER 17, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Why was an Iron Age woman buried with a folding knife driven into the ground? Pryssgården.