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

Bone gaming die uncovered in the City of David

 The rare, recently discovered ivory vessel

IAA discovers rare 6,000-year-old elephant ivory vessel near Beersheba

 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

 Yonatan Frankel and the lamp that he found.

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

 Benjamin Storchan holding findings from the escavation.

Ancient agricultural settlement unearthed in Israel sheds light on human evolution

 Erez Abrahamov with his find.

IDF reservist finds ancient Assyrian seal amulet while hiking in Israel

 The rare coin, providing evidence for the development of commerce.

Rare 2,550-year-old silver coin from Persian era uncovered in Jerusalem area

 "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

 Giv‘ati Parking Lot Excavations at the City of David.

Oldest ceramic rooftiles ever found in the Land of Israel

 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

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 The Israel Antiquities Authority works to find remnants of Hamas victims in Kibbutz Be'eri.

Unearthing tragedy: Archaeologists search for remnants of Hamas victims

 The bronze mirror

Israel unearths ancient Greek tomb, rare bronze mirror in Jerusalem

 Clay rattle fragment.

Artifacts used for ancient magic rituals discovered on road from Egypt to Mecca

 An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man enters the Siloam pool in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan October 23, 2009. The pool standing today dates the Byzantine Era and is located at the site where Christians believe that Jesus instructed a blind man wash, granting him sight.

Steps where Jesus said to heal a blind man unearthed in Jerusalem

 The northern channels discovered in the City of David.

First Temple-era channels in Jerusalem stump Israeli archaeologists

 Engineers conduct their bi-annual inspection of the Western Wall in preparation for the High Holy Days on August 29, 2023.

Western Wall stones undergo inspection before Rosh Hashanah

The ancient gate at Tel Erani.

Israeli archeologists find 'most ancient gate' discovered in Holy Land

 Youth leader Aviv Weizman holding the magic mirror plaque she discovered at Usha

Ancient 'magic mirror' discovered in northern Israel by youth leader