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Archaeology

Israel’s rich biblical history can be found in the country’s archaeology. The Jerusalem Post shares the latest on archaeological excavations at significant biblical and historical sites in Israel and the region.

 Romano-British burial with head placed at feet.

Remains of human sacrifice victim found by UK archaeologists

  Dani Rotstein, pointing, explains to German tourists about a church that used to be a synagogue in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Feb. 11, 2019.

Medieval synagogue discovered under Spanish church

 An ancient coin from the reign of the last Jewish king, Antigonus II Mattathias is seen after having been recovered from an alleged thief in eastern Jerusalem.

Discovery of 17th century coins may prove legend of infamous Polish conman actually true

 The decorated bowl dating back to the Abbasid period in Khirbet Hevra.

Volunteer discovers ancient decorated bowl at Israeli dig

Mysterious Roman dodecahedron found in Norton Disney to go on display in Lincolnshire for the first time

Mysterious ancient Roman object leaves archaeologists scratching their heads

 One of the skulls discovered in an archaeological dig under Herman Goering's residence in Nazi base the Wolf's Lair in Poland, April 29, 2024.

Discovery of mutilated corpses under Goering's home in Nazi HQ in Poland, prompts investigation

 A Jerusalem excavation site bearing signs of the 750 BCE earthquake destruction

Israeli researchers map out timeline of ancient Jerusalem

 Byzantine glass fragment.

'The Vatican and Me': One man's journey to find divine treasures

Villa of Vedius Pollio in Naples, Italy

Japanese researchers identify lost villa of Roman Emperor Augustus in Italy

The coffin of Ramses II is seen during the press visit of the exhibition "Ramses the Great & the Gold of the Pharaohs" at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris, France, April 6, 2023.

Egypt reclaims 3,400-year-old stolen statue of King Ramses II

By REUTERS
‘Hand of God in Exodus and the Crossing of the Red Sea,’ wall painting from the Dura-Europas synagogue in Syria

Archaeological gem Dura-Europos found to be mirror image of Iraq's Anqa

 The Motza mosaic: Embedded with love by the Motza community, 2023.

Motza mosaicists: Putting an ancient Roman mosaic floor back together

By SARA MANOBLA
  Researchers exploring the Umm Jirsan Lava Tube system.

Humans occupied lava tube in northern Saudi Arabia as shelter for thousands of years

 An assistant compares a fossilised tooth of a giant whale called Leviathan against the whale's fossilised jaw at the Natural History Museum in Lima June 30, 2010. The fossil of a giant whale called Leviathan for having teeth bigger than a grown man's forearms has been found in Peru by paleontologis

Gigantic marine reptile's fossils found by British girl and father

By REUTERS
The clay token found in the sifting of dirt from the Temple Mount bearing the Greek Inscription ΔΟΥ-ΛΟ[Υ] (DOULOU)

Temple Mount earth-filtering project discovers ancient clay tokens

USS Gato off Mare Island Navy Yard, November 29, 1944

Was the wreckage found off Argentina a Nazi submarine?

The $20b shipwreck at the heart of a legal dispute in Colombia

By Walla!
 1800-year-old head of ancient god Apollo.

Archaeologists discover lost 1,800-year-old head of ancient Greek god Apollo

 The archaeological site of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii is seen, 2020.

Dining hall with Trojan War decorations uncovered in Pompeii

By REUTERS
13th century era die unearthed in City of David National Park.

Bone gaming die uncovered in the City of David

A marking on the ceiling of a cave is inspected as part of an immense underground hideout comprising narrow tunnels and large storage spaces that was dug by Jewish villagers nearly 2,000 years ago at a time of revolt against the Roman Empire, in Huqoq, northern Israel April 1, 2024.

Underground hideout from nearly 2,000 years ago unearthed in Israel

By REUTERS
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