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 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

 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

 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

 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

 The decorated bowl dating back to the Abbasid period in Khirbet Hevra.

Volunteer discovers ancient decorated bowl at Israeli dig

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

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

 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

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

Unearthing tragedy: Archaeologists search for remnants of Hamas victims