Israel Antiquities Authority

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MIDEAST ISRAEL MENORAH

AP News 151 days ago

In this undated handout photo made available by the Israeli Antiquities Authority on Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, showing an ancient stone engraved with a seven-branched candelabra, or menorah, seen at a synagogue in the northern Israeli town of Midgal, near Tiberias, after ...

MIDEAST ISRAEL ANCIENT WALL

AP News 160 days ago

This image made available by Israel's Antiquities Authority Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 shows part of a a 3,700-year-old fortification wall discovered in Jerusalem. Archaeologists have discovered a 3,700-year-old wall in the City of David, part of the earliest fortification construction on such ...

Israel to register private antiquities collections

AFP Global Edition 189 days ago

Israel on Tuesday announced a drive to register the country's private antiquities collections, saying this should lead to important "discoveries" of artefacts hidden from public view. "We call on members of the public that hold pieces of history to assist us in ...

Israeli archaeologists discover ancient quarry

AP News 218 days ago

Archaeologists uncover ancient stone quarry believed used in Second Temple Israeli archaeologists have uncovered an ancient quarry where they believe King Herod extracted stones for the construction of the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Monday. The archaeologists ...

MIDEAST ISRAEL ANCIENT QUARRY

AP News 218 days ago

This image made available by Israel's Antiquities Authority Monday, July 6, 2009 shows workers at the excavation site of an ancient quarry in Jerusalem. Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered an ancient quarry where they believe the Bible's King Herod extracted stones for ...

Ancient mosaic comes out of hiding in Israel

AP News 224 days ago

Israel's largest late Roman mosaic, once hidden, is back on display Israeli archaeologists unveiled one of the largest and best preserved mosaics ever found in the country Wednesday, for only the second time since it was discovered more than a decade ago. ...

Guilt-ridden New Yorker returns stolen rock to Israel

AFP Global Edition 250 days ago

A guilt-ridden New Yorker has returned a massive marble stone he took from an excavation site in Jerusalem's Old City 12 years ago, Israel's Antiquities Authority said on Tuesday. The 21-kilo (46-pound) piece of 9th century marble column disappeared from an Israeli ...

Experts unearth more than 2,100-year-old Jerusalem wall

AFP Global Edition 288 days ago

Israeli archaeologists said on Wednesday they had rediscovered rare remains of the wall that surrounded Jerusalem more than 2,100 years ago after locating the site of a 19th century dig. The Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists said they also discovered at the same ...

Israeli archaeologists find ancient bathhouse

AP News 290 days ago

Archaeologists find bathhouse dating back 1,500 years in southern Israel The Israel Antiquities Authority says archaeologists have discovered a Byzantine-era bathhouse in the south of the country dating back more than 1,500 years. Archaeologist Gregory Serai headed the excavation and says the ...

Israeli Archaeologists Uncover 2,000-Year-Old Gold Earring

Getty Images 291 days ago

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: In this handout photo provided by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) on November 10, 2008, an IAA employeed wears a 2,000-year-old gold earring inlaid with pearls and precious stones discovered at the City of David archaeological excavation ...

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