The Elah Valley

Archaeologists Say They've Found One of King David's Palaces

Two Israeli archaeologists announced that they have found a palace and royal storehouse that belonged to King David. The two buildings are the largest structures standing during the tenth century BCE…

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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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Rare Statue of Hercules Exposed in Jezreel Valley

According to Dr. Walid Atrash of the Israel Antiquities Authority, "This is a rare discovery. The statue, which probably stood in a niche, was part of the decoration of a bathhouse pool that was…

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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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Finding the Mountain of Moses: The Real Mount Sinai in Saudi Arabia

A recently released documentary, Finding the Mountain of Moses: The Real Mount Sinai in Saudi Arabia, has gone viral online, vividly proposing some scholars’ theories that the 8,460 foot mountain…

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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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Ancient Scroll Dicovered in 1970 Read for the First Time

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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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1500 Year Old Church Discovered in Ramat Beit Shemesh

A 1,500-year-old byzantine-era church with spectacular multicolored mosaic floors with flower, winged eagle, and leaf patterns glistening in the sunshine and hundreds of lamps was discovered by the…

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Does this coin found near Jerusalem prove that Samson lived... and that he did fight the lion?

A tiny seal has been uncovered that could be the first archaeological evidence of Samson, the Biblical slayer of Philistines. Archaeologists discovered the ancient artifact while excavating the tell…

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Students Find 1,600 Year Old Gold Coin in the Galilee

Earlier this year, four ninth-grade boys from the Haemeq Hamaaravi High School in Kibbutz Yifat located in Israel’s Jezreel Valley were out enjoying a glorious spring day by the Zippori Stream in the…

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Proof for an Ancient Israel

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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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