Visit to the Mikveh

2,000 Year Old Village Unearthed in Be'er Sheva

The remnants of a 2,000 year old Jewish settlement including watchtowers, limestone vessels used for purity rituals, underground tunnels used by Jewish rebels during the Bar Kochba Revolt, and an oil…

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Visit to the Mikveh, the Ritual Pool, Discovered in Jerusalem

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Ancient Figurine Discovered at Tel Moza Outside Jerusalem

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced on August 29, 2012 that archaeologists have unearthed two stone figurines believed to be 9,500 years old. In an excavation along the route of a…

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Seal of Isaiah Found in Jerusalem

A clay seal with the name Isaiah on it was found just 10 feet away from where a seal of King Hezekiah was found only 3 years ago. The seals were found just to the south of the steps that lead to the…

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Menorah Like Image from the Second Temple Found in Rome

The Romans were again caught red handed looting the Jewish second Temple. Historical sources describe the menorah looted by the Romans when they destroyed the Second Temple of Jerusalem in AD 70, as…

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Archaeology: David's Israel made room for God

Two noteworthy archaelogists have been extensively studying a Khirbet Qeiyafa (translating to the English as “two gates”), a hilltop site about 20 miles southwest of Jerusalem overlooking the Elah…

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Spectacular 1,500 Year Old Mosaic Exposed

A spectacular colorful mosaic dating to the Byzantine period (4th–6th centuries CE) was exposed in recent weeks in the fields of Kibbutz Beit Kama, in southern Israel. The mosaic was discovered…

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The Oldest Glassworks Ever Found in Israel

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Secrets Beneath the Western Wall

What secrets lie beneath the Western Wall?

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Archaeologists Dig Up 3,000 Year Old Temple at Motza

Archeologists uncovered rare remains of ritual objects and a 3,000-year-old temple while conducting excavations ahead of the renovation of the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway, the Antiquities Authority…

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Inscription Dates Back to King David - But What Does it Say?

Israeli archaeologists say a 3,000-year-old fragment of a ceramic jar found near Jerusalem's Temple Mount, dating back to the days of King David and King Solomon, bears a mysterious inscription that…

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Israel: Mother Nature's Son

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King Solomon's Copper Mines Could Really Be His

With 10 date pits and one olive pit, researchers at Tel Aviv University have determined that Israel's Timna Valley copper mines are from the time of the Bible's King Solomon. History books will need…

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Proof of Ancient Israel in Egyptian Hieroglyphics

Some historians and scholars of ancient linguistics believe that the Hebrew language, subsequently morphing into a dead language but later revived by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda in the late 19th century,…

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