Israel archeology

Discovery off Israel’s coast reveals earliest known 2,600-year-old shipment of raw iron

The discovery was made in an ancient shipwreck in the Dor Lagoon near the Carmel Coast, where archaeologists recovered nine pieces of unprocessed iron known as “blooms.”

 The Mediterranean Sea.
Workers and volunteers on an archaeological dig sift through dirt at Alexandrion/Sartaba in the Jordan Valley.

Israel digs up the West Bank – and reignites a battle over history

Israelis families display pieces of pottery found while volunteering at an excavation at Tel Maresha at the Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park on Aug. 6, 2023.

Israeli archaeologists launch project to trace origins of ancient pottery

The dramatic mountaintop site rising 650 meters above the Jordan Valley

Israeli archaeologists uncover remains of dramatic mountaintop royal palace


Israeli scientists discover earliest modern human fossils outside Africa

Jawbone puts Homo sapiens migration 50,000 years earlier, say researchers.

The maxilla (upper jaw) found in a cave in Mount Carmel.

University of Haifa researchers decipher mysterious Dead Sea Scroll

“An important peculiarity of the present discovery is the fact that the [Qumran] sect followed a 364-day calendar."

The reconstructed scroll in infrared

Seal from First Temple Period found at Kotel supports biblical accounts

The new find supports the biblical rendering of the existence of a governor of Jerusalem 2,700 years ago, says archeologist.

The clay sealing from the First Temple Period.

New archeological exhibition tells a story of an ancient city in Israel

A mikva was dating from the 1st century AD to the 7th century CE, indicating the existence of a Jewish settlement during the Roman period between the 1st-3rd centuries BCE.

Masks of Dionysus and Ariadne uncovered at the Castra site.

Archeological exhibit shows the end of paganism in Israel

Chronicles society that worshipped Greco-Roman gods to one that adopted Christian faith.

An anti-indigestion talisman (left) combined with pendants with various animals.

'Unveiling Jerusalem' Pierre Rehov's new film debunks UNESCO's revision of History

New film looks into the history of Jerusalem's holy sites and examines the archeology being used to buttress modern political narratives.

Unveiling Jerusalem poster

Artifacts from 1,500-year-old monastery and church unearthed in Beit Shemesh

Well-preserved Byzantine-era colored mosaic floors and imported marble antiquities discovered.

An image of the mosaic floor.

Jerusalem of gold, the capital of Israel

The Jerusalem Post

New research challenges origins of ancient Middle East Natufian culture

A new study by a team of scientists and archaeologists now proposes the Natufian’s had far more diverse and complex origins than originally believed.

Prof. Elisabetta Boaretto and Dr. Tobias Richter stand near a recently excavated Natufian hearth in Shubayqa, Jordan

Archeologists discover menorah inscribed on Early Islamic period coins

Evidence of Jewish-Muslim influences in early days of Islam may prove interfaith dialogue.

A Muslim coin with a menorah symbol.