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Archaeology

Israel’s rich biblical history can be found in the country’s archaeology. The Jerusalem Post shares the latest on archaeological excavations at significant biblical and historical sites in Israel and the region.

Villa of Vedius Pollio in Naples, Italy

Japanese researchers identify lost villa of Roman Emperor Augustus in Italy

The coffin of Ramses II is seen during the press visit of the exhibition "Ramses the Great & the Gold of the Pharaohs" at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris, France, April 6, 2023.

Egypt reclaims 3,400-year-old stolen statue of King Ramses II

By REUTERS
‘Hand of God in Exodus and the Crossing of the Red Sea,’ wall painting from the Dura-Europas synagogue in Syria

Archaeological gem Dura-Europos found to be mirror image of Iraq's Anqa

 The Motza mosaic: Embedded with love by the Motza community, 2023.

Motza mosaicists: Putting an ancient Roman mosaic floor back together

By SARA MANOBLA
  Researchers exploring the Umm Jirsan Lava Tube system.

Humans occupied lava tube in northern Saudi Arabia as shelter for thousands of years

 An assistant compares a fossilised tooth of a giant whale called Leviathan against the whale's fossilised jaw at the Natural History Museum in Lima June 30, 2010. The fossil of a giant whale called Leviathan for having teeth bigger than a grown man's forearms has been found in Peru by paleontologis

Gigantic marine reptile's fossils found by British girl and father

By REUTERS
The clay token found in the sifting of dirt from the Temple Mount bearing the Greek Inscription ΔΟΥ-ΛΟ[Υ] (DOULOU)

Temple Mount earth-filtering project discovers ancient clay tokens

USS Gato off Mare Island Navy Yard, November 29, 1944

Was the wreckage found off Argentina a Nazi submarine?

The $20b shipwreck at the heart of a legal dispute in Colombia

By Walla!
 1800-year-old head of ancient god Apollo.

Archaeologists discover lost 1,800-year-old head of ancient Greek god Apollo

 The archaeological site of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii is seen, 2020.

Dining hall with Trojan War decorations uncovered in Pompeii

By REUTERS
13th century era die unearthed in City of David National Park.

Bone gaming die uncovered in the City of David

A marking on the ceiling of a cave is inspected as part of an immense underground hideout comprising narrow tunnels and large storage spaces that was dug by Jewish villagers nearly 2,000 years ago at a time of revolt against the Roman Empire, in Huqoq, northern Israel April 1, 2024.

Underground hideout from nearly 2,000 years ago unearthed in Israel

By REUTERS
 Antiquities recovered from a weapons search on a suspect in Israel's North, March 28, 2024.

Israel Police look for weapons, find trove of unregistered antiquities in North

By ALON HACHMON , JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 Yonatan Frankel and the lamp that he found.

Roman soldiers' 1,600-year-old oil lamp found by high schooler

A fresco covers the wall at the room of an ancient domus during archaeological excavations in the ancient archeological site of Pompeii, Italy, in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on March 25, 2024.

Pompeii building site reveals ancient Roman construction methods

By REUTERS
A man waits for tourists to rent his camels in front of the Great Pyramids of Giza last month.

Ancient tomb with rare inscriptions discovered in Egypt

 Excavators unearth 7,000 year old boats near Rome.

Neolithic boats that traversed the Mediterranean 7,000 years ago excavated near Rome

A fossil of the skull of the largest dolphin in history that inhabited the Peruvian Amazon 16 million years ago and was discovered in an expedition sponsored by the National Geographic Society is exhibited at the Museum of Natural History in Lima, Peru, March 20, 2024.

Fossil of 16-million-year-old river dolphin found in Peru

By REUTERS
 Uri Berger at the hiding complex.

Bar Kochba Revolt era hiding complex revealed near Sea of Galilee

A National Park Service diver documents one of five coral-encrusted cannons found during a recent archeological survey in Dry Tortugas National Park.

18th-century British warship found off coast of Florida

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