Showing posts with label Archaeology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Archaeology. Show all posts
Monday, January 06, 2025

A Neat Hanukkah Discovery

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The Times of Israel: ‘Miracle’ hoard of Hasmonean coins discovered during Hanukkah in Jordan Valley dig  The Hasmoneans were the descendant...
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Thursday, September 07, 2023

Amazing New Archaeological Find In Israel

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It's not everyday that a bunch of Roman swords in good shape get discovered after being hidden away for 2,000 years. i24news:  Rare cach...
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Friday, October 21, 2022

Ancient Graffiti

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Quite a neat discovery recently in David's Tomb in Israel, or it could be claled the Tale of the Medieval Tagger. The Jerusalem Post: Gr...
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Another Neat Archaeological Find In Israel

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The Jerusalem Post:  2,000-year-old ‘Freedom to Zion’ coins found in biblical heartland     The two coins, one from the First Jewish Revolt ...
Friday, March 19, 2021

Archaeology: A New Find Of Dead Sea Scrolls

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A new and amazing find of further scroll fragments in Israel. Fox News: Israeli experts discover new Dead Sea Scrolls Israeli archaeologists...
Friday, July 24, 2020

Seals of History: Huge Trove of Artifacts Dating From The Judean Kingdom Period Found In Israel

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There's been a new and important discovery recently in Israel near the site of the US Embassy. From The Times of Israel: Huge King...
Thursday, January 23, 2020

Archaeological Discovery: Volcanic Eruptions Can Turn Your Brain Into Glass

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Everyone has heard of Pompeii, fewer of Herculaneum, another city also buried in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in October 79 AD. Herculaneum...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Israel Day 3: The Archaeological Dig At Tel Maresha

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Tel Maresha is not just a National Park in Israel, its also an active archeological site. A settlement active at the time of the Maccabees,...
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Thursday, September 13, 2018

The Discovery Of The Oldest Brewery in The World

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An archeological discovery of a most important and historic sort was recently found in Israel. The Times of Israel: 13,000-year-old brewer...
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Tuesday, July 03, 2018

Rare Ancient Jewish Coins Found in Jerusalem

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Two impressive new and historically important finds of ancient Jewish coins from the First Revolt against Rome (66-70 AD) have been recently...
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Tuesday, June 07, 2016

Ancient Collection of Ancient Jewish Coins Found

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A coin collector's collection is found, at least 1940 years after they were hidden away, with some coins in the collection dating back 2...
Friday, April 15, 2016

Yet Another New And Important Archaeological Find In Israel.

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Yet another interesting and possibly timeline shattering artifacts uncovered in Israel. The Detroit Free Press: Ancient letters reveal Bib...
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Wednesday, December 02, 2015

King Hezekiah 's Seal Stamp Impression Found In Jerusalem Dig

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An interesting historical find indeed has turned up in a dig near the Old City of Jerusalem. The item, a 3,000 year-old seal impression, u...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Antiochus IV's Fortress Of Acra In Jerusalem Discovered

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A very cool archaeological discovery: The Detroit Free Press: Ancient Greek fortress may solve archaeological mystery in Jerusalem Archae...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Recent Archaeological Find Links

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There have been quite a few recent interesting archaeological discoveries in the news lately. 1. You know the Greek ship where they found ...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Found Gold Coins? You Can't Keep 'Em. On Incentives and Valuable Archaeological Finds

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Or as kindly pointed out to me by Murphy's Law this post could also be titled: " 2,000 reasons to keep your mouth shut ". An...
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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Why We Don't Leave Nice Things With Idiots

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Courtesy of The Telegraph, we learn that: King Tut's beard 'hastily glued back on with epoxy and that this priceless artifact may ...
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Thursday, May 08, 2014

Some Interesting Stuff Found Underwater

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Seventy-one percent of the Earth is covered by water, so you can always expect to find something new, or in this case, find some things that...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

It's Always In The Last Place You Look

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Hidden fortress found under Alcatraz Previously thought to have been destroyed, it turns out that the Civil War era fortress was instead b...
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

The Mysterious Mummies Of The Tarim Basin Reveal the World's Oldest Examples Of Cheese

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The Tarim Basin Mummies , located in China, have already turned a lot of what was thought to be known about Bronze Age Chinese history and c...
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