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Ancient Israel

Altar Horns, Ceramic Pomegranates, and Other Evidence of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary at Shiloh

The home of the Ark of the Covenant before the First Temple was built.

Scott Stripling
Jan. 17 2020 12:01AM

A Single Word on an Ancient Jar Could Upend Historians’ Understanding of the Borders of Biblical Israel

Abel Beth Maacah.

Times of Israel
Jan. 14 2020 12:01AM

The Discovery of an Ancient Stone Table Points to the Location of Roman-Era Jerusalem’s Central Marketplace

The agoranomos.

Amanda Borschel-Dan
Jan. 7 2020 12:01AM

An Ancient Factory Discovered in Israel Produced the Roman Empire’s Favorite Sauce

Made from fermented fish.

Amanda Borschel-Dan
Dec. 19 2019 12:01AM

How the French Government Hijacked the Tomb of Ancient Jewish Monarchs in Jerusalem

Helena and Izates of Adiabene.

Freddy Eytan and Richard Rossin
Dec. 12 2019 12:01AM

Evidence of the Biblical Tabernacle at Shiloh

One horn of an altar, a goblet, and a ceramic pomegranate.

Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman
Nov. 18 2019 12:01AM

The Many Lives of an Ancient Jewish Historian’s Greatest Work

Christians, Zionists, and Josephus’ Jewish War.

David Polansky
Nov. 4 2019 12:01AM

How a Talmudic Anecdote and an Archaeological Discovery Helped Shape Public-Safety Measures on Israeli Beaches

Rabbi Eliezer’s tsunami.

Beverly Goodman, Henry Abramson and Avi Shapira
Nov. 4 2019 12:01AM

How Jewish Was Herod?

His ancestry was questionable, but he may have kept kosher.

Evie Gassner
Nov. 1 2019 12:01AM

An Ancient Hammer and Nails Found in What Was Once a Major Jewish Village in the Galilee

It probably didn’t belong to Usha’s most famous rabbi.

Amanda Borschel-Dan
Oct. 31 2019 12:01AM

New Evidence Suggests Pontius Pilate Built a Road for Jewish Pilgrims

The coins are the clue.

JNS
Oct. 24 2019 12:01AM

A 5,000-Year-Old Metropolis North of Tel Aviv

The region’s largest city in its day.

Yasemin Saplakoglu
Oct. 11 2019 12:01AM

New Findings Support the Biblical Account of the Edomite Kingdom

“Before a king reigned in Israel.”

Aaron Reich
Sept. 23 2019 12:01AM

British Tin Made the Israelite Bronze Age Possible

A new study solves a metallurgical mystery.

Amanda Borschel-Dan
Sept. 18 2019 12:01AM
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