During an archaeological excavation conducted by theIsrael AntiquitiesAuthority near Binyamina, Israel, two marble busts dating back approximately 1,700 years were discovered. The works, two protomes (a decorative form widely used in ancient art, con...
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The IsraelCivil Administration, Israel's government agency operating in the West Bank, has initiated procedures to expropriate 320 dunams of land, or 32 hectares, earmarked for the conservation and development of the Herodium archaeological site, one...
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June 12, 2025. I wake up, at 3 a.m., to the sound of a siren. In Tel Aviv, where I live, we are used to it. Since 2007 now: ever since Hamas imposed its regime on the civilian population in Gaza and made Israeli cities systematic targets of their att...
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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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