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 Mummified cat, Egypt, Beni Hassen, Middle Kingdom, 2040-1782 BC, site of Khnumhotep II, linen and pigments. Fitchburg Art Museum.

Archaeological mission discovers first Middle Kingdom tomb in South Asasif Necropolis

5000-year-old tools discovered in the excavation.

Researchers glimpse urbanization in ancient Israel at site of 5000-year-old public building

 Artifacts found in an ancient astronomical observatory in Egypt

Archaeologists uncover 6th century astronomical observatory in Egypt

 THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL world was set abuzz by the discovery in Lod of a hoard of coins from the time of the 4th-century Jewish revolt against Roman Emperor Gallus.

Forgotten Jewish revolts show poor historical literacy in Jewish world

By JACOB SIVAK
The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced coins had been unearthed under a building in Lod. June 16, 2024.

Coins left under a building 1,650 years ago are evidence of the last Jewish revolt

 Netta Lieber Sheffer’s gargantuan ‘Order of Priorities’ sets the scene for the art-meets-archaeology exhibition.

An intriguing Israel Museum exhibition looks at art  new and old, and how  they bond

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

Motza mosaicists: Putting an ancient Roman mosaic floor back together

By SARA MANOBLA
 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

Time Machines: Driving the Citroën Traction Avant and Its Legacy

By Yoav Pollas
 "It was covered in mud, I cleaned it and called the Antiquities Authority," soldiers said of their  

Reservists find perfectly preserved, 1,500-year-old oil lamp

 A man admires a marble statue of Aphrodite, known as the Velvedere Venus, on display at the Praxiteles exhibition in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens July 26, 2007.

Greek antiquities valued at $3.7 million recovered from New York smugglers

 The Hall of the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Israel Museum, on May 2, 2018

Israel's museums enact war protocol to protect most precious treasures

By REUTERS
 Tourists, coming mainly from Russia, leave from the arrival terminal at Antalya International Airport in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya, Turkey September 22, 2022

Israeli arrested in Antalya, Turkey on suspicion of stealing ancient bell

By Yoav Etiel/Walla!
 Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower the day after FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago Palm Beach home, in New York City, US, August 9, 2022.

Trump holding Israel antiquities among items at Mar-a-Lago

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 A mosaic panel is pictured in Al-Rastan city, Syria October 12, 2022.

US man charged for attempted antiquity smuggling from Syria

 IAA Archaeologist with the returned anchor

Israeli returns 1,700-year-old anchor to Antiquities Authority after 26 years

 An ancient figurine of the goddess Hathor found along Palmahim Beach.

Israeli woman finds ancient figurine of Egyptian goddess on the beach

 A wooden box containing 15 silver coins from the Maccabean period was discovered in the Judean Desert earlier this year, and will be put on display in the Hasmonean Museum in Modi'in, December 13, 2022.

Antiquities Authority calls on Israeli public to return stolen artifacts