Resource Manager Posted July 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2015 Roman Legion Camp Uncovered at Megiddo 09 Jul 2015 During the 2013 excavation season, the Jezreel Valley Regional Project teamed up with Israeli archaeologist Yotam Tepper to expose a Roman camp just south of Tel Megiddo. The just completed second season has uncovered new finds. "During the reign of the Roman emperor Hadrian (117-138 C.E.), two imperial legions were stationed in the province of Judea: Legio X Fretensis in Jerusalem and Legio VI Ferrata in the north. The latter was deployed between the First Jewish Revolt (67-70 C.E.) and the Bar-Kokhba rebellion (132-136 CE), and remained stationed in Judea through most of the 3rd century."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Cattleman Raising Historic Herd of Red Heifers in Israel By: Jspace Staff - Culture July 13, 2015 at 12:07 PM "The Temple Institute is working together with an Israeli cattleman to raise a red heifer in Israel, in strict accordance with the Biblical commandment. The project is the culmination of years of research at the Temple Institute that fuses ancient religious texts and modern science. “We’ve been working on this for decades. The red heifer has to be supervised and cared for in a special way since its birth. And it’s very complex,” Rabbi Chaim Richman, the International Director of the Temple Institute told Tazpit News Agency."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 The Virtual Bible – a New Visual Resource Posted on July 13, 2015 by Leen Ritmeyer "Accordance Blog announced the release of: The Virtual Bible, a new visual resource which offers three-dimensional reconstructions of the land of Israel, first-century Jerusalem, the Herodian Temple, and more. The visuals, which include still images and video fly-throughs, were developed by Dr. Daniel Warner of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Dr. James Strange of the University of South Florida, in consultation with Leen Ritmeyer, an archaeological architect who is an expert on the Jerusalem Temple." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 The Most Ancient Hebrew Scroll Since the Dead Sea Scrolls Has Been Deciphered July, 2015 "For the first time, advanced technologies made it possible to read parts of a scroll that was completely burnt c. 1,500 years, inside the Holy Ark of the synagogue at Ein Gedi. At the end of extremely challenging efforts which lasted over a year, the scientists and researchers were amazed to see verses from the beginning of the Book of Leviticus, suddenly coming back to life. Today (Monday) the rare find was presented at a press conference in Jerusalem, attended by the Minister of Culture and Sports, MK Miri Regev, and the director of the Israel Antiquities Authority, Mr. Israel Hasson."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Tuesday, July 21, 2015 Interactive Map - Joshua 12 Slain King Town List (by Chris McKinny) "The book of Joshua has the most geographical details of any book in the Bible. This is particularly the case for Joshua 13-21, which provides a series of different lists or non-graphic "maps" describing different aspects of Israel's tribal settlement. Joshua 12, which precedes this section, is different (and unique) than the subsequent lists in that it provides a detailed list of 34 "slain kings" of Moses and Joshua. In a sense, this list provides a summary of Numbers 21 (the Transjordan Conquest under Moses) and Joshua 5-11 (the campaigns in Cis-Jordan under Joshua) as it lists all of the towns mentioned in these campaigns and provides some additional towns (e.g. Tirzah) that were apparently involved in the conquest."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Dig Mount Zion "We had a spectacular 2015 Excavation season with over 80 participants from the United States and a dozen other countries. For an overview of the season see here:" What Did We Find this Summer at the Mount Zion Dig? Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Thursday, July 23, 2015 Free Course on the Lands of the Bible "If you ever wanted to learn more about the Lands of the Bible but you’re not a traditional student or you can’t afford to travel to the Middle East, you will want to check out the free online “Survey of the Lands of the Bible” class that Mark Vitalis Hoffman is offering through Gettysburg Seminary."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Tel Burna 2015: The Iron II Fortifications in Areas A1 and B2 Chris McKinny • 07/22/2015 The Tel Burna Archaeological Project is exposing a Canaanite town in the Shephelah region of Israel believed by some scholars to be Biblical Libnah. Below, excavation staff member Chris McKinny discusses the discovery of Iron Age fortifications at Tel Burna. "In the final three entries for this season, we will briefly discuss the results of each excavation area (B2, A2 and B1). To begin with, we will look at the fortifications that were exposed this season on the western side of the tell in Area B2 (Ron Lev is the supervisor) in comparison to our past work in Area A1, which is located on the east side of the tell."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 JULY 19, 2015 UNCC Archaeology Team in Jerusalem Unearths 1st-Century Mansion Highlights – UNC Charlotte team unearths lavish, lower-level rooms from the time of Jesus – Remains of early Roman mansion ‘extraordinarily well preserved,’ says dig director Shimon Gibson – This summer’s find: a complete vaulted room BY REID CREAGER Correspondent "Shimon Gibson marvels at a depth of irony that’s borderline mythological: While digging up Jerusalem’s past, he’s also digging up his own. The UNC Charlotte adjunct professor of archaeology has been co-directing an annual dig on Jerusalem’s Mount Zion that returns him to the historic, mysterious region he first explored as an 8-year-old. The UNCC team is using maps Gibson made in 1975 – at age 17 – as it uncovers unprecedented findings that provide important clues about life in first-century Jerusalem." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted July 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 The Ancient City Where People Decided To Eat Chickens JULY 20, 2015 4:06 PM ET Dan Charles "An ancient, abandoned city in Israel has revealed part of the story of how the chicken turned into one of the pillars of the modern Western diet. The city, now an archaeological site, is called Maresha. It flourished in the Hellenistic period from 400 to 200 BCE. "The site is located on a trade route between Jerusalem and Egypt," says Lee Perry-Gal, a doctoral student in the department of archaeology at the University of Haifa. As a result, it was a meeting place of cultures, "like New York City," she says." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted August 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 Remains of the Great Synagogue and Shulhof of Vilna are Rediscovered Seventy Years after their Destruction by the Nazis (July 2015) "A Ground Penetrating Radar survey conducted in June 2015 in Vilnius, Lithuania has uncovered the underground remains of the Great Synagogue and Shulhof of Vilna, now lying partially below a modern school. These important remnants of what was before the Holocaust, Lithuania's greatest synagogue, will be exposed in an excavation to commence next year. The magnificent Great Synagogue of Vilna (Vilnius) in Lithuania, was the oldest and most significant monument of Litvak Jewry. Sadly, like most of the edifices of Jewish culture in Lithuania, the Great Synagogue was lost during the Holocaust. A joint team, led by Dr. Jon Seligman from the Israel Antiquities Authority, Zenonas Baubonis of the the Culture Heritage Conservation Authority of Lithuania, together with Prof. Richard Freund of the University of Hartford, have just completed a successful season to identify the remains of the synagogue using ground penetrating radar."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted August 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 2,000-Year-Old Coin Sheds Light on Important Role of Judea on Roman Psyche By Raphael Poch July 30, 2015 , 8:30 am "A rare coin minted almost 2,000 years ago during the conquest of Jerusalem was recently found at an auction in Zurich, NRG reported. The find has helped shed light upon the Roman attitude at the time over the conquest, resulting in a large commemoration of the Roman victory over the Judean rebels. The coin depicts a Jewess standing and peering across a palm tree and bears the inscription “IUDAEA RECEPTA,” or “Judea is re-captured.” Coins bearing this inscription were used to publicize the news of a captured territory that had been part of the Roman Empire once before." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted August 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 Secrets of the Temple Mount Posted on July 31, 2015 by Leen Ritmeyer "Although visiting the Temple Mount is not always a pleasant experience these days, it is still worth the attempt. We have had good feedback from visitors who have used our guidebook to find things which otherwise they would have missed. One of the little known secrets described in our book (which can be purchased here) is a small window near the northwest corner of the Temple Mount. Despite its apparent insignificance, it has a large story to tell."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted August 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Goliath Gates: Entrance to Famous Biblical Metropolis Uncovered by Tia Ghose, Senior Writer | August 04, 2015 10:00am ET "A massive gate unearthed in Israel may have marked the entrance to a biblical city that, at its heyday, was the biggest metropolis in the region. The town, called Gath, was occupied until the ninth century B.C. In biblical accounts, the Philistines — the mortal enemies of the Israelites — ruled the city. The Old Testament also describes Gath as the home of Goliath, the giant warrior whom the Israelite King David felled with a slingshot. The new findings reveal just how impressive the ancient Philistine city once was, said lead archaeologist of the current excavation, Aren Maeir, of Bar-Ilan University in Israel."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted August 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 'Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions' Baffle Israeli Archaeologists 5 August 2015 From the section Middle East Israeli archaeologists say they are trying to decode ancient inscriptions written in Hebrew script discovered at a dig in Jerusalem. "The writing was found on the walls of a room containing the remains of a Jewish ritual bath, or mikveh, believed to be about 2,000 years old. Experts are now trying to decipher words and symbols including a boat and palm trees. They say the markings may be graffiti or have some religious significance. One of the symbols could be a menorah - the seven-branched candelabrum which stood in the two Biblical Jewish Temples in Jerusalem - and some of the inscriptions might indicate names, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA)." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted August 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Ancient Mikveh With Rare Inscriptions Found in Jerusalem Posted on August 5, 2015 by Leen Ritmeyer "Arutz Sheva reports the finding of a 2000 year old mikveh in Jerusalem. A mikveh is a Jewish ritual bath used for purification purposes. The newspaper article has a video and many photographs." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted August 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 The Dead Sea Scrolls: Worcester West Side Secret Written by Joshua Lyford · 08/13/2015 · 5:01 am "The winds were whispering in the warm months of 1947, when a young Bedouin boy marched his goats up a rocky hill near a cave in Qumran, just a mile from the Dead Sea. On this day, a particularly mischievous goat would enter the cave and disappear. The boy would pick up a stone from the dry scrappy ground beneath his feet and throw it into the darkness to ascertain the creature’s location. Instead of a soft thud on sand, or crack of rock, the boy heard the distinct crash of pottery shattering." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted August 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Vol. 19 Summer 2015 - Print the Summer 2015 Issue Summer 2015, Cover Stories, Daily News Jerusalem Dig Hits Pay Dirt Sun, Aug 23, 2015 "Palatial ancient homes with basements with vaulted ceilings, countless pottery fragments, other artifacts left in place since deposited as much as 2,000 or more years ago—these are the kinds of things that a team of archaeologists, students and volunteers with the Mount Zion excavations project have been digging up just below the historic walls of Jerusalem, the city sacred to three of the world's great religions."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted August 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Crowdfunding campaign to publish new Jewish guide book to the Temple Mount Posted on August 27, 2015 by Leen Ritmeyer "We have just been informed of an online campaign to publish a new Jewish guidebook to the Temple Mount in Hebrew and English. The book, called: “Arise and Ascend: A guide to the Temple Mount”, has already been published in Russian. Temple Mount activist Yehudah Glick, is leading the campaign. Yehudah’s promotional video can be seen here:"Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted August 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Philistines Introduced Sycamore, Cumin and Opium Poppy Into Israel During the Iron Age New findings show that Philistine culture had a major and long-term impact on floral biodiversity in Israel and may assist ecologists in dealing with invasive species Date: August 28, 2015 Source: Bar-Ilan University Summary: "A new study describes the bio-archaeological remains of the Philistine culture in Israel during the Iron Age (12th century to 7th century BCE). The results of this research indicate that the ca. 600 year presence of the Philistine culture had a major and long-term impact on local floral biodiversity."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted August 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2015 Palaeolithic Mortars Used to Make 'Natufian Bread' Posted by TANNArchaeoHeritage, Archaeology, Breakingnews, Greater Middle East, Israel, Near East 10:30 PM"A group of intrepid Israeli researchers recently went back to the dawn of the Stone Age to make lunch. Using 12,500-year-old conical mortars carved into bedrock, they reconstructed how their ancient ancestors processed wild barley to produce groat meals, as well as a delicacy that might be termed "proto-pita" -- small loaves of coal-baked, unleavened bread."Continued Source: Bar-Ilan University [August 26, 2015] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Has a 2,000 Year Old Podium Been Found in the City of David? (August 2015) "An intriguing find consisting of an impressive pyramid-shaped staircase constructed of large ashlar stones was uncovered in an archaeological excavation currently conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority. The excavation is located in the Jerusalem Walls National Park in the City of David, site of ancient Jerusalem, and is being carried out in cooperation with the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and the City of David Foundation."Continued Also @ Ritmeyer Archaeological Design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Resource Manager Posted September 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Iraqi Jewish ArchivePreserving the Iraqi Jewish Archive "Startling evidence of the once vibrant Jewish life in Iraq came to light in May 2003 — over 2,700 books and tens of thousands of documents were discovered in the flooded basement of the Iraqi intelligence headquarters by a US Army team." Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Rare Sarcophagus Exposed in Ashkelon Building Site 03 Sep 2015 "The sarcophagus, one of the most important and beautiful to be exposed in the country in the past generation, was severely damaged when building contractors improperly removed it from the ground. The Israel Antiquities Authority will take legal action against those involved.A unique and extremely impressive stone sarcophagus, about 1,800 years old, was exposed at a building site in the new neighborhood of villas currently going up in Ashkelon. This occurred during an operation carried out on Tuesday night (September 1) by inspectors of the IAA's Unit for the Prevention of Antiquities Robbery and patrol officers and detectives from the Ashkelon police station."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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