This agricultural settlement reached its zenith in the Early Bronze Age, roughly 5,000 years ago.
Erez Abrahamov found the amulet, with a dung beetle image, on a hike in the Lower Galilee.
Dr. Robert Kool: “The rare find contributes information concerning the way trade was carried out."
Reservists discover a perfectly-preserved, 1,500-year-old pottery oil candle in IDF staging area.
Ceramic tiles brought here at the time of the Greek Seleucid king Antiochus IV – of the Hanukkah story – have been discovered in the City of David.
"You really have to choose the finest or the most fragile artifacts," a museum worker said.
Amidst the chaos of ash, twisted wire, and blackened timber, Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists hope to find a remnant of those who perished on October 7.
The burial cave is rare evidence of the Hellenistic period in the Jerusalem area. It was discovered on a rocky slope not far from Kibbutz Ramat Raḥel.
Artifacts that may have been used for popular magic rituals about 400 years ago, were discovered along the ancient Darb al-Hajj route that led from Egypt to Mecca.
The discovery was made by archaeologists during excavation work on the Pool of Siloam. Approximately eight steps were unearthed.
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