Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Spectacular 3,800 Year Old Pottery Vessel Excavated near Tel Aviv By: JNi.Media Published: November 23rd, 2016 "A small, extraordinary jug from the Middle Bronze Age was revealed with the help of high school students who take Archaeology classes, in a recent Israel Antiquities Authority excavation in the town of Yehud just outside Tel Aviv. In ancient-treasure laden Israel, such excavation are routinely launched ahead of construction projects."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Penn State Archaeologists Use IT to Help Uncover the Past Katie Bohn November 17, 2016 "During his tenure as an archaeologist, Indiana Jones wasn’t much concerned about preserving historical sites and landmarks. He pilfered precious artifacts, set off booby traps willy nilly and damaged valuable potential research sites in all his movies. In reality, archaeologists are much more careful. Keeping meticulous records of what a site looks like before and after a dig — as well as carefully indexing and caring for artifacts — is something all archaeologists keep in mind while in the field."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Ancient Cemetery Provides Peek into Philistines’ Lives, Health Burial site of hundreds of Israelites’ mysterious enemies could yield clues to population’s origins BY BRUCE BOWER 1:00PM, NOVEMBER 22, 2016 SAN ANTONIO — "A roughly 3,000-year-old cemetery on Israel’s coast is providing an unprecedented look at burial practices of the Philistines, a mysterious population known from the Old Testament for having battled the Israelites. Work at the Ashkelon cemetery from 2013 to 2016 has uncovered remains of at least 227 individuals, ranging from infants to older adults. Only a small section of the cemetery has been explored. Archaeologist and excavation director Adam Aja of the Harvard Semitic Museum estimates that approximately 1,200 people were interred there over a span of about 100 years."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Israelis Recover 1,900-year-old 'Judea' Inscription Hidden Underwater By i24news Published: 11/30/2016 - 11:26am The Roman-era inscription may confirm the name of the local Roman governor in the period "Israeli researchers from Haifa University have uncovered a 1,900-year-old inscription bearing the name of the Roman-era province of Judea after an underwater excavation at Dor Beach, in the Zikhron Yaakov area."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Hoarding Consecrated “Second Tithe” Coins August 21, 2016 Parasha, Re'ehMa’aser Sheni "Evidence suggests that hoarding second tithe money held special, religious significance among late antique Jews. How did this curious religious observance develop? What might it have meant to the Jews who practiced it?"Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Archaeology in Israel: List of Discoveries (2004 - Present) Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 A Virtual Reality Visit to the Second Temple The Western Wall Heritage Foundation is offering a virtual-reality tour of the Temple Mount as it was two millennia ago, based on historical data. Yael Freidson|Published: 17.09.16 , 19:00 "Ten million visitors come every year to the Western Wall to view the sole remaining part of the Second Temple complex. Now, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation is presenting a new, high-tech way for visitors to see the complex and Temple in their entirety." Continued Also see:My Virtual Reality Tour Through Jerusalem’s Second Temple And a danger of living in a virtual reality mindset. Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Secrets of the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron By: Video of the Day Published: November 25th, 2016 Video Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Thursday, December 08, 2016 New Excavations at el-Araj, Possible Bethsaida "For thirty years now, Rami Arav has led excavations at the site of et-Tell. Since the beginning, he has identified the ruins with the New Testament site of Bethsaida. This identification was quickly adopted by Israeli road sign makers, and most popular literature today calls the site “Bethsaida.” Arav has argued strenuously that his site is Bethsaida, and the titles of all of the excavation reports begin with “Bethsaida.” The problem is that as excavations progressed, the site turned out to be primarily an Iron Age city, with little remains from the first century AD."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Minister Regev Presents 67 CE ‘Great Rebellion’ Coin at Cabinet Meeting By: JNi.Media Published: December 12th, 2016 "Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev on Sunday presented at the start of the cabinet meeting a coin discovered by a team of her office about a month ago, as part of the preparation for the public revelation of the Pilgrims’ Road which was recently unearthed at the City of David. The presentation and the planned public event mark the coming jubilee of the liberation and unification of Jerusalem. The coin bears on one side a vine leaf and the statement “Freedom of Zion.” On the opposite side it bears a standing cup and the statement “Second year of the great rebellion” – the year 67 CE."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 How King Herod Transformed the Holy Land In the New Testament King Herod I is a villain, but the Herod of history was more complex, a consummate politician, ambitious builder, and master organizer who was able to balance the needs of the Judaean populace and the rulers of Rome. By Antonio Piñero "This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Wednesday December 14, 2016 2,100-year-old Wine Press Unearthed at Ashkelon Construction Site "Wine press was discovered during an archaeological survey of a site slated for a new elementary school • Excavation director Ilan Peretz: We now know farming existed here much earlier than we thought • Press to be preserved as part of schoolyard." Yori Yalon Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 NGC Ancients: Rare Overstruck “Judaea Capta” Bar Kokhba Coin Discovered NGC brings to light one of the fabled rarities of ancient Jewish coinage By Numismatic Guaranty Corporation December 14, 2016 "In 132 CE, following nearly 60 years of simmering resentment towards the Roman destruction of the Holy Temple, the people of Judaea were on the brink of rebellion. When the new revolt began, a certain Simon bar Kokhba led a relatively small army of Jewish soldiers against a mighty Roman army commanded by Julius Severus. The struggle lasted three years and the coins struck by Bar Kokhba would be the last Jewish coins struck until the modern age."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 New Dead Sea Scrolls Fragments Found in Judean Desert Documents from Iron Age and Roman times surfacing in the black market helped convince archaeologists there was more to be found. Philippe Bohstrom Dec 21, 2016 1:36 PM "New fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls have been found in the Cave of the Skulls by the Dead Sea in Israel, in a salvage excavation by Israeli authorities. The pieces are small and the writing on them is too faded to make out without advanced analysis. At this stage the archaeologists aren't even sure if they're written in ancient Hebrew, Aramaic or another language." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Hasmonean Period Stone Bowl Engraved with Rare Hebrew Inscription ‘Hyrcanus’ Discovered By: JNi.Media Published: December 22nd, 2016 "A stone bowl engraved with a rare Hebrew inscription – “Hyrcanus” – dating to the Hasmonean period was discovered in the archaeological excavations of the Israel Antiquities Authority in the Givʽati Parking Lot at the City of David at the Jerusalem Walls National Park. “Hyrcanus” was a common name of the time, as well as the name of two kings of the Hasmonean dynasty."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Languages and Scripts "While the majority of Dead Sea Scrolls were written in Hebrew, the collection also includes many Aramaic and Greek texts, as well as some Arabic texts and a small number of Latin fragments. Hebrew Dead Sea Scrolls written in Hebrew include biblical texts, non-biblical literary works, and documents such as deeds and letters. While some documents contain specific dates, most are dated on the basis of paleographical analysis (the study of the development of scripts over time), and sometimes with carbon-14 dating. These texts illustrate the vitality of the Hebrew language in ancient Judea." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 December 25, 2016 1:01 AM Revival of Biblical Plants Israeli farmer growing ancient flora like myrrh RUTH EGLASH | Washington Post KIBBUTZ ALMOG, West Bank – "Guy Erlich is a pioneering Israeli farmer, but not in the way you might imagine. Instead of developing new crops or innovative biotechnology, Erlich is engaged in a grass-roots project: Reviving ancient plants mentioned in the Bible. Think frankincense and myrrh, plus a few others. At his farm on Kibbutz Almog, a West Bank settlement a stone’s throw from the Palestinian city of Jericho and a few miles from the Dead Sea, Erlich is growing ancient plants once used to make holy balms, perfumes and natural medicines."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Tuesday, December 27, 2016 Ancient Wall Collapses at City of Dan "The Jerusalem Post and Haaretz are reporting the collapse of an Israelite-period wall at Tel Dan following heavy rains. From the Jerusalem Post: The stone wall, located near the entrance gate to the ancient city of Tel Dan, collapsed on top of five tombstones located at its base, according to the Israel Nature and Parks Authority. The wall was made of a combination of the original ancient stones and reconstructed pieces, the INPA said. Rainfall last week was estimated at approximately 8 inches (200 mm). Authorities hope to rebuild the wall in the coming months." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Ancient Cross and Menorah Carvings Found Side by Side By Mindy Weisberger, Senior Writer | January 3, 2017 03:25pm ET "Engravings of a cross and a menorah carved thousands of years ago were recently found in a cave in Israel, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). Though the two figures were etched close together on a cistern wall, they were likely created hundreds of years apart, the archaeologists said. Hikers unexpectedly came upon the ancient carvings while exploring subterranean passages in southern Israel. Archaeologists with the IAA dated the menorah carving to the second century A.D. and the cross to the fourth century A.D. The menorah, which has seven arms and three legs, represents the traditional candelabra that stood in the Second Temple in Jerusalem, IAA experts said in a statement."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted March 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 Board Game and Luxuries Discovered in Crusader Castle in the Galilee Archaeologists exploring the enigmatic Teutonic fort also found projectiles used by the Mamluk invaders, as well as the Crusaders' arrows. By Philippe Bohstrom Jan 11, 2017 Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted March 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 Haifa University Archeologists Excavate Golan Heights Roman Theater [3d] By JNi.Media - 12 Tevet 5777 – January 10, 2017 "Archaeologists of the University of Haifa excavations at the Hippos (Sussita) site on the Golan Heights have uncovered a large Roman theater. However, the theater’s location, outside the city walls, supports the hypothesis that the facility was used mainly for religious ceremonies, rather than for entertainment." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted March 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 Pendant of Teen, Possibly Linked to Anne Frank, Found at Death Camp "Researchers at site of Sobibor extermination camp discover items dropped as victims walked to gas chambers" BY STUART WINER January 15, 2017, 12:45 pm Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted March 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Copper-Smelting Site Dating to King David BY Daniel K. Eisenbud January 15, 2017 18:23 Findings from 10th century BC may provide evidence of biblical battle in Kingdom of Edom "A recently unearthed ancient copper-smelting site, numerous sling stones and the remains of a deeply fortified wall found in the Negev’s Timna region by archeologists may buttress the biblical story of King David’s military victory over the Kingdom of Edom. The archeological team, led by Tel Aviv University’s Dr. Erez Ben-Yosef, first found a wall of the 10th-century BCE copper-smelting site near Timna Park in the southern desert where the world’s first copper mine is believed to have been located." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted March 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 National Library Makes ‘Historic’ Acquisition of Rare Hebrew Texts Valmadonna Trust Library’s manuscripts span the globe and a millenium, including a 1491 Bible; will be on display at institution’s new Jerusalem home BY ILAN BEN ZION January 18, 2017, 11:56 pm Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted March 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2017 How the Rabbis Adapted Roman Culture to Create Judaism as We Know It By Burton L. VisotzkyAppleman Professor of Midrash and Interreligious StudiesJewish Theological Seminary January 2017 "In antiquity, as today, synagogue architecture followed local custom. This was true for the adoption of the Greco-Roman public building, the basilica, as the standard form for ancient synagogues. Roman buildings, churches, and synagogues might be indistinguishable from one another but for the dedicatory inscriptions and art that archeologists find within them. One may safely assume that the same architects, artisans, and contractors built all of these buildings with but minor modifications depending upon which community was paying their bills." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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