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Amichai Eliyahu at the Knesset. January 21, 2025.

Digging too deep? Political dispute delays archaeological congress in Israel

By JOANIE MARGULIES

The first building ever discovered in Yavne from the Sanhedrin era. It contained fragments of ‘measuring cups’ identified with a Jewish population.

Israeli archaeology professor faces calls to be dropped from nat'l conf. over West Bank dig stance

By JOANIE MARGULIES

The seal in the hand of 3.5-year-old Ziv.

Tiny hands, ancient find: Israeli toddler uncovers 3,800-year-old scarab

By JOANIE MARGULIES

A drone view shows conservation work at a winepress that was discovered, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), at the site of a large monastery from the Byzantine period, near Kiryat Gat, Israel, January 6, 2025.

The nun who lived in chains: First-ever evidence of extreme asceticism found near Jerusalem

By JOANIE MARGULIES

Aerial view of the Israel Antiquities Authority excavation.

Ancient arrowheads in the Negev reveal human trafficking caravans

By JOANIE MARGULIES

Benyamin Storchan is seen uncovering an ancient olive press in Pisgat Ze'ev, Jerusalem.

Benyamin Storchan: An archaeologist who really digs Israel

By ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN

A scarab seal from the 8th century BCE uncovered during the excavation.

Archaeologists discovered a unique structure in the City of David

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Byzantine era monastery uncovered near Kiryat Gat

Israeli researchers unearth unique Byzantine-era monastery near Kiryat Gat

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Cross medallion inset with glass and tiny precious stones.

Ten-year-old boy finds 100-year-old golden cross medallion in Jerusalem

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The fragment of the colorful bowl originating in China.

A Ming mystery: Earliest known Chinese inscription in Israel discovered in Jerusalem

By ALEX WINSTON

The scorpionis also the symbol of the Egyptian goddess Serket.

Girl finds 3,500-year-old Egyptian scarab amulet during family trip in Hod Hasharon

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Artwork showing gladiators riding on elephants and horses in a a Roman amphitheatre. A print by Professor Wagner.

Anatolia's gladiators: Ancient stelae offer new insights into their complex lives

By Raquel Guertzenstein Frohlich

The Judahite stamp impressions are being displayed to the public for the first time at at the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel.

Recent excavations reveal King Sennacherib's military impact on the economy of the Kingdom of Judah

By ZIV REINSTEIN

Demeter, Greek mythology goddess, appears on the ceiling of the vaulted structure.

Gods and monsters: Ancient Greek wall paintings in Ashkelon soon open to public

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Prof. Yuval Gadot of the Tel Aviv University next to the northern side of the moat which protected Jerusalem, and alongside him carved bedrock channels.

Newly discovered biblical moat in Jerusalem reveals city's ancient fortifications

A fragment of the rare 3,800-year-old textile, dyed with the Kermes vermilio.

Rediscovering ancient luxury: A 3,800-year-old scarlet textile unveiled in the Judean desert

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Tefillin from about 2,000 years ago in the laboratories of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Phylacteries were not colored black 2,000 years ago, new study reveals

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Shai Halevy and Michael Chernin of the Israel Antiquities Authority during the research on the coats of arms.

When Britain’s King George V ‘met’ the founder of its most famous beer, on walls in Jerusalem

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH