Israel Antiquities Authority

Secrets of Huqoq: New Galilee exhibit premieres mosaics, coins found at ancient Jewish settlement

The ruins of the ancient settlement of Huqoq, which reached its peak during the Roman-Byzantine period, sits in the heart of the Amiad Forest in an open space near a spring of the same name.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Samson carrying the gates of Gaza on his shoulders, the original mosaic from Huqoq is on display in the exhibition at the Yigal Allon Center, July 9, 2026.
A fragment of a 2,000-year-old Psalms Scroll from the Dead Sea Scrolls collection; illustrative.

New AI-powered research project aims to uncover the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Research methods will include state-of-the-art chemical, artificial intelligence, paleographical, and codicological analysis of approximately 250 samples of the scrolls from the IAA's collection.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Roman statues uncovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority excavation, June 15, 2026.

WATCH: Two Roman-era statues unearthed during infrastructure dig for Israel Railways near Haifa

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime discovery,” added Oren and Reiss. “It was very unexpected, but somehow, the really big discoveries always turn up on the excavation’s very last day.”

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Cave from Lower Paleolithic era found south of Haifa, June 11, 2026.

WATCH: A Paleolithic time capsule: Rare prehistoric cave discovered near highway outside of Haifa

The cave dates back to 400,000 and 250,000 years ago, to the time of the Acheulo-Yabrudian culture – a collection of archaeological cultures in the Levant from the end of the Lower Paleolithic era.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Volunteer discovers ancient decorated bowl at Israeli dig

Meir Elchassid, a volunteer from Rehovot, Israel, stumbled upon the ancient glazed bowl during a communal archaeological dig to uncover historical artifacts.

MAY 7, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The decorated bowl dating back to the Abbasid period in Khirbet Hevra.

Bone gaming die uncovered in the City of David

Dice are the oldest gaming implement known to man. Six-sided die, as the one uncovered in the City of David, dates back to about 2000 BCE

APRIL 10, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
13th century era die unearthed in City of David National Park.

IAA discovers rare 6,000-year-old elephant ivory vessel near Beersheba

The discovery provides evidence of ties between this region and Egypt in the Chalcolithic period.

APRIL 9, 2024ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
The rare, recently discovered ivory vessel

Israel Police look for weapons, find trove of unregistered antiquities in North

"It deserves to be in the right hands, presented to the whole public, and not be the private property of one criminal or another," Inspector Nidal Abdelhalim said.

MARCH 29, 2024ByALON HACHMON, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Antiquities recovered from a weapons search on a suspect in Israel's North, March 28, 2024.

Roman soldiers' 1,600-year-old oil lamp found by high schooler in Israel

The lamp Yonatan found is identical to one discovered in the same place 90 years ago by the late Reform rabbi and archaeologist Dr. Nelson Glueck.

MARCH 27, 2024ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Yonatan Frankel and the lamp that he found.

Ancient agricultural settlement unearthed in Israel sheds light on human evolution

This agricultural settlement reached its zenith in the Early Bronze Age, roughly 5,000 years ago.

MARCH 13, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Benjamin Storchan holding findings from the escavation.

IDF reservist finds ancient Assyrian seal amulet while hiking in Israel

Erez Abrahamov found the amulet, with a dung beetle image, on a hike in the Lower Galilee.

FEBRUARY 7, 2024ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Erez Abrahamov with his find.

Rare 2,550-year-old silver coin from Persian era uncovered in Jerusalem area

Dr. Robert Kool: “The rare find contributes information concerning the way trade was carried out."

JANUARY 17, 2024ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
The rare coin, providing evidence for the development of commerce.

Reservists find perfectly preserved, 1,500-year-old oil lamp

Reservists discover a perfectly-preserved, 1,500-year-old pottery oil candle in IDF staging area.

DECEMBER 26, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
"It was covered in mud, I cleaned it and called the Antiquities Authority," soldiers said of their  

Oldest ceramic rooftiles ever found in the Land of Israel

Ceramic tiles brought here at the time of the Greek Seleucid king Antiochus IV – of the Hanukkah story – have been discovered in the City of David.

DECEMBER 6, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Giv‘ati Parking Lot Excavations at the City of David.