Museum institutions in Tehran in Iran and Tel Aviv in Israel have activated their respective emergency procedures in recent hours to safeguard their collections amid escalating tensions between Iran and Israel. According to local sources, escalating ...
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Since October 7, 2023, the Gaza Strip has suffered unprecedented destruction of its religious and cultural heritage. According to the latest report of the United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories(availa...
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The site of Khirbat Ibreika, located in southernIsrael a few kilometers from the Eyal Junction, was the focus of major archaeological excavations conducted in 2018 in anticipation of the construction of the Eastern Railway. The excavations uncovered ...
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Sometimes the most amazing archaeological discoveries happen by accident. It happened in early March in Israel, when Ziv Nitzan, a three-and-a-half-year-old girl from the village (moshav) of Ramot Meir, found an ancient scarab-shaped amulet during a ...
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In Ascalona (Ashkelon), Israel, for the first time two vaulted tombs with extraordinarily beautiful wall paintings from the Roman period are being revealed and made accessible to the public. The paintings date back at least 1,700 years, according to ...
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In Israel, a young man from Haifa made an extraordinary discovery while exploring Mount Carmel. Yair Whiteson, only 13 years old, found an 1,800-year-old bronze ring depicting the goddess Athena. This important find was turned over to theIsrael Antiq...
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In central Israel's Horbat Hani, in the foothills east of Shoham, Israeli soldiers have unearthed a 1,500-year-old nunnery.
The Byzantine convent was first excavated 20 years ago by Uzi Dahari and Yehiel Zelinger of the IAA, theIsrael Antiquities Au...
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